EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE
Many employers have been faced with the need to send employees home to self-isolate as they are not able to pass the daily screening questions or have been given an order by Public Health to Self-Isolate.
If you are able to offer sick pay to your employees or you can allow them to work from home you should. Employers are not mandated to cover the wages of employees who are unable to work due to Covid-19. (SEE ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ) There is a Federal Benefit that pays out weekly to those unable to work.
CANADA RECOVERY SICKNESS BENEFIT (CRSB)
The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) will provide $500 per week (taxable, tax deducted at source) for up to a maximum of two weeks, for workers who are unable to work for at least 50% of the week because they contracted COVID-19, self-isolated for reasons related to COVID-19, or have underlying conditions, are undergoing treatments or have contracted other sicknesses that, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, person in authority, government or public health authority, would make them more susceptible to COVID-19. This benefit will be paid in one-week periods.
Employers are listed as someone that can advise an applicant to self-isolate. SEE DETAILS
Go to the Federal Government website for further details on benefits.
