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Case Updates
Employment Standards Act, 2000: Things You Should Know
Ministry of Labour Updates
Legislative Updates: What’s New
All tagged ESA
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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Perhaps even more startling than the spread of COVID-19 across the globe is the speed with which things change in an effort to “flatten the curve”. These daily, and sometimes hourly, changes put pressure on both employers and employees. Important for Ontario employers, the provincial government has announced its intention to amend the ESA to provide immediate job protection for employees who have received medical or public health advice and are quarantined or isolated due to COVID-19 symptoms or diagnosis, or who have been away from work to care for children because of school or daycare closures, since January 25, 2020.