While the debate over paid sick days intensifies across Canada, only two provinces currently offer this benefit on a permanent basis. On April 30, Ontario passed a three-day sick leave policy to be administered through the Workplace Insurance and Safety Board retroactive to April 19 and ending on Sept. 25. Employers will be […]
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09:00 Ontario Premier Doug Ford is continuing to feel heat from opposition politicians calling for the provincial government to reinstate paid sick days on the heels of a new lockdown aimed at flattening the coronavirus pandemic’s second wave. While the federal government currently offers paid sick leave via its Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit program, critics argue […]
Posted: May 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 3
Riverside Natural Foods is one of several companies that say it pays off to offer employees paid sick leave. Based in the Toronto area, the company increased its paid sick leave to let workers A worker at one of Riverside Natural Foods Toronto area production facilities. (Evan Mitsui/CBC News)
With pleas to provide paid sick leave for essential workers growing louder in several parts of the country, some companies that already do so say it s not just good for protecting health it s good for the books. So the outcome is that it has actually paid off for us, said Nima Fotovat, the president of Ontario-based Riverside Natural Foods, which makes healthy snack foods, including the brand MadeGood.
Staff with files from The Canadian Press
While the debate over paid sick days intensifies across Canada, only two provinces currently offer this benefit on a permanent basis.
On April 30, Ontario passed a three-day sick leave policy to be administered through the Workplace Insurance and Safety Board retroactive to April 19 and ending on Sept. 25. Employers will be reimbursed for up to $200 a day for what they pay out. The policy was introduced after months of pressure from health experts and advocates who said paid sick leave would reduce workplace outbreaks. The province only shifted its stance recently, after the federal government left a national sick-pay benefit unchanged in this month’s budget.
Residents gather to demand the Ford government do more to support Peel Region
by Melissa Nakhavoly and News Staff
Posted May 1, 2021 8:53 pm EDT
Last Updated May 1, 2021 at 9:24 pm EDT
Medical professionals and residents gathered in Mississauga to demand the province do more for Peel Region. CITYNEWS
A coalition of education workers, doctors, parents and community activists came together Saturday in Mississauga to demand the Ford government do more to help Peel Region.
As of Saturday, there were 95,043 total cases of COVID-19 in Peel Region with Brampton accounting for almost 60 per cent of those infections.
The group gathered outside the Peel Public Health building to voice their demands, which include higher priority access to vaccines and additional support for essential workers including 10 paid sick days.
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