The B.C. government has amended the Employment Standards Act (ESA) to require employers to pay their employees for time taken off work to get the COVID-19 vaccine. These amendments raise a number of questions for employers across the province.
How does the paid COVID-19 vaccination leave work in practice?
The new legislation allows employees to take up to three hours of paid leave during work hours to get their COVID-19 vaccine, per each dose. The paid leave is retroactive to April 19, 2021, which means that any employee who took COVID-19 vaccination leave from April 19 onwards is entitled to it.
Employees are expected to take only the time necessary to get the vaccine, up to a maximum of three hours. However, the legislation does not give employers any meaningful tools to ensure employees only take the time strictly necessary.
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