Ontario Sick Leave

• COVID-19: Ontario extending 3-day pandemic sick leave program to end of 2021

  Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced Tuesday that the pandemic program set to expire on Sept. 25 would be extended to Dec. 31.

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  Aug 31, 2021
  
• Ontario is launching paid sick leave. Should other provinces follow suit?

  Only two other provinces offer paid sick leave, while many others are either looking at introducing their own program or are calling on the federal government to step in.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2021
  
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• COVID-19: Ottawa council backs Ontario paid sick leave ahead of expected announcement

  Ottawa city council voted nearly unanimously on Wednesday to push Ontario to implement paid sick days, mere hours before a provincial announcement is expected.

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  Apr 28, 2021
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• Amid pleas for Ontario paid sick day program, Doug Ford tells people to stop ‘playing politics’

  Premier Doug Ford reiterated his position that people should apply to a federal program. However, advocates say it doesn't provide immediate support to workers who need it.

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  Apr 7, 2021
• London, Ont., set to urge provincial, federal governments to work together for paid sick leave

  'We don't want anyone to feel like they have to go to work because they don't have the proper benefits and enhance the potential spread of the virus.'

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2021
• Paid sick leave key to reducing COVID-19 spread: Ottawa Public Health

  Ottawa Public Health's lessons learned to date from the novel coronavirus pandemic show the benefits of paid sick leave in reducing the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks.

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  Feb 2, 2021
• Additional paid sick leave, eviction ban left out of Ontario’s latest coronavirus restrictions

  "There has to be, as of right, paid sick days for every worker in the province of Ontario -- not some process where you have to make applications," Andrea Howarth said on Tuesday.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2021