The Ontario government made updates to unpaid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) and amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000, introducing the Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit.
Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to require employers to provide employees up to three days’ pay if they miss work for certain reasons relating to COVID-19 (paid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL)), retroactive to April 19, 2021, and until September 25, 2021. The government has recently provided additional information on how employers can be reimbursed for providing IDEL.
Under Bill 284, employees can take IDEL for, among other COVID-19-related reasons:
Taking a COVID-19 test
Being sick with COVID-19
Getting vaccinated
Experiencing a side effect from a COVID-19 vaccination
Having been advised to self-isolate due to COVID-19 by an employer, medical practitioner or other specified authority
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Activist: Governments must be responsible for migrant workers from Caribbean
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There is need for regional governments to step-up their involvement in protecting Caribbean workers who travel abroad to work, said social worker and community activist Moilene Samuels on Thursday.
Speaking during a webinar on the treatment of migrant workers, Samuels, who works with Canada-based advocacy group Justice For Migrants, called on Caribbean governments to play a more active role in ensuring the safety and well-being of migrant farm workers.
Noting her experiences with the group, Samuels said she has seen, firsthand, the exploitation migrant workers face from employers. She said basic necessities like nutritious food and adequate housing were often missing.