In March 2020, the Ontario government created the “deemed” Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the ESA. Because of the deemed IDEL, non-unionized employees were deemed to be on a job-protected leave of absence if their hours were reduced or eliminated by the employer for COVID-related reasons. The “deemed” IDEL is now set to expire on July 30, 2022.
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In this PH Report:
The Ontario government has once again extended the deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL), this time until January 1, 2022.
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has delivered some much-needed guidance about COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace in the newly released policy statement.
In this PH Report:
New Federal Holiday (Sept 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation);
Changes to Federal Bereavement Leave;
Changes to COVID-19 Programs; and
Case Law Update.
In this PH Report:
Subsidized Paid IDEL Days;
Constructive dismissal during the COVID-19 pandemic (the Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre Ltd. case); and
Updates from the Ministry of Labour.
On July 24, 2020, the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, came into force. This Act ended the COVID-19 declaration of emergency in Ontario (while providing for the extension of particular Orders made pursuant to the Declaration), effective that day. On September 3, 2020, the government extended the deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (deemed “IDEL”) under the ESA Regulation to January 2, 2021. It had previously been set to expire on September 4, 2020.