PEI’s COVID-19 fund for workers ends Dec. 31, and Ontario’s – which reimburses employers up to $200 a day for up to three sick days per employee over the lifetime of the program – expires ...

But that legislation was only around for a year. The Ford government scrapped paid sick days as of January 1, 2019, and replaced the program with other forms of leave that are unpaid.

Premier Doug Ford’s government first announced the temporary sick leave plan in the spring of 2021 after facing growing calls to bring in such a policy to minimize workplace spread of COVID-19.

The new rules will apply to anyone claiming the sick-leave benefit and two other federal support programs, the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, after Jan. 3.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 across the province declined in the last day, for the first time since April 11. The total now sits at 2,335 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19: Ford government hints at some sort of paid sick leave support after months of refusal By Ryan Rocca & Jessica Patton Global News Posted April 20, 2021 4:29 pm Updated April 20, 2021 6:52 pm ...

Ottawa expects 4.4 million Canadians to apply for sick leave. The federal NDP had made the creation of a sick-leave benefit for workers a condition for it to support the Liberals’ effort to fast-track ...

Workers who are sick with COVID-19 or need to self-isolate while awaiting test results will get three days paid sick leave covered by the B.C. government, Premier John Horgan and Labour Minister ...

The Manitoba Federation of Labour is worried about what's to come and stressing the need for mandatory paid sick leave on the day before Manitoba lifts its remaining COVID-19 restrictions.