Number 1 reason keeping Alberta small business workers at home is the CERB: report

A new survey of small businesses in Alberta shows more than 25 per cent of owners are having trouble convincing their employees to come back. The number one reason, at 62 per cent of responses, was a preference to remain on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the federal government's CERB payments has resulted in a "disincentive" for employees to return to their jobs. "CERB was created as emergency support for workers