Air Canada to rehire 16,500 employees laid off due to pandemic

Air Canada has said that it will rehire around 16,500 employees, who were laid off because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The step has been taken under a government relief package for businesses.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended the benefits of the government program to companies that suffered a drop of more than 15 percent in their revenues in March, against 30



percent previously.

The Canadian government stepped in April 1 with the emergency wage subsidy plan designed to help employers keep their workers or bring back ones that were laid off because of the pandemic.

Canada has reported more than 19,000 cases of Coronavirus, and 456 deaths so far.