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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 ...
Horgan maintains Canada should have a national sick pay program, but says B.C. will create its own COVID-19 sick-leave program ...
Employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19 are still entitled to sick leave under other state-mandated laws.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Liberals reach deal with NDP after making changes to COVID-19 aid bill, likely averting federal election The Liberal throne speech introduced Wednesday needs the support of at least one of the ...
Manitoba’s premier says he still believes the federal government should be providing a paid sick leave program after Ontario announced Thursday that it would do so for its workers.