Facing calls for paid sick leave, Sask. government defers to feds

Minister Don Morgan (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
While members of the public is being told to stay home if they feel sick, some can’t afford to miss the hours at work.
However, the provincial government is pushing calls for paid sick leave over to the federal government.
On Wednesday, Ontario’s government introduced a program for three days of paid sick leave, capitulating after days of back and forth between it, the opposition party, and the federal government.
However, it doesn’t look like Saskatchewan’s government will be doing the same.
Labour Relations Minister Don Morgan said he believes the federal government should be taking that on. He said the federal government should take some of the millions it still has in the safe restart fund and use it to expand the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit, which can already be used to help someone who has to stay home from work.

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