In absence of mandated paid sick days, some companies are stepping up April 23, 2021 April 23, 2021
By Denise Paglinawan
As it becomes increasingly clear that workplaces are a key transmission location in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Canadian employers are offering paid sick leave to their employees in the absence of government action.
Paid sick leave benefits, which allow workers to call in sick without fear of losing a day’s pay, are becoming a political issue across the country, especially in Ontario. The benefit is one of the measures recommended by a group of experts who advise the Ontario government on COVID-19 measures, but has so far been turned down.
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To date, there have been a total of 825 workplace outbreaks in the province s two biggest COVID-19 hot spots – 423 total workplace outbreaks in Toronto and 402 in neighbouring Peel Region.
Last year, roughly 2,000 people with COVID-19 reported going into work following the onset of their symptoms and at least 80 worked for one or more days after a positive test result, according to Peel s public health unit.
Without paid sick leave, workers bear the cost of lost income if they don t come to work, labour experts say. We re in the middle of a pandemic. Without paid sick leave, there s pressure on, especially lower-income, workers to come into work even if they re not feeling well, said Raji Jayaraman, an economics professor at the University of Toronto.