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Ontario Paid COVID Sick Leave – Latest Update
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Published on May 11, 2021 | ![]() |
Jeremy Schwartz |
Although neither the legislation nor the Ministry's website has yet to be updated to confirm this officially, we understand that some Ministry of Labour officials have expressed the view that employees who had already exhausted their contractual paid sick leave entitlements for the year before April 19, 2021, would be eligible to receive a fresh entitlement to three, employer-paid COVID sick leave days.
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Ontario Paid COVID Sick Leave – Update
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Published on May 06, 2021 | ![]() |
Jeremy Schwartz |
Ambiguity still unresolved regarding whether employees who have exhausted their sick bank are eligibile for additional paid COVID sick leave pay under new legislative amendments.

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