sick days – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 B.C. giving workers five paid sick days starting in 2022 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/b-c-giving-workers-5-paid-sick-days-starting-in-2022/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:00:52 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=112341 Workers in B.C. will be eligible for “fair and balanced” sick leave pay that provides a minimum of five days a year starting Jan. 1, 2022, according to Labour Minister Harry Bains. The new sick leave policy affects all workers covered by the province’s Employment Standards Act, including part-time workers, he added. “I firmly believe that […]

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]]> Indigo workers unionizing for enhanced benefits, paid sick days https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/indigo-workers-unionizing-with-access-to-benefits-paid-sick-days/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:45:02 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=109373 Employees at several Indigo Books & Music Inc. stores across Canada are unionizing, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has “highlighted the precarity of retail work in general and how little say workers have in rapidly changing work environments.  “Joining [United Food and Commercial Workers Canada] provided security and gave workers a voice without fear of retaliation,” […]

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]]> Pandemic putting absence management in spotlight for majority of U.S. employers: survey https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/pandemic-putting-absence-management-in-spotlight-for-74-of-u-s-employers-survey/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108380 A majority (75 per cent) of U.S. organizations said the coronavirus pandemic has influenced how they approach absence management as a whole, according to a survey by Hub International Ltd. The survey, which polled more than 500 small- and mid-sized employers, found about 40 per cent of respondents acknowledged their time-off policies need to be […]

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]]> How will another term for the Liberals impact employers, workers? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-will-another-term-for-the-liberals-impact-employers-workers/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108214 A third term for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau means some significant promises with the potential to impact employers and employees may soon become reality. During its campaign, the Liberal Party pledged to support workplace coronavirus vaccination mandates, a national childcare program, expanded public mental-health offerings and a right-to-disconnect policy. On vaccination mandates, the Liberals promised […]

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]]> Germany ending coronavirus quarantine sick pay for unvaccinated https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/germany-ending-coronavirus-quarantine-sick-pay-for-unvaccinated/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108212 Germany is stopping sick pay for unvaccinated people who have to go into quarantine because of the coronavirus. Previously, Germans could claim for income lost due to having to go into quarantine after returning from abroad or coming into contact with a positive case. Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn says the move was a matter of […]

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]]> Ontario extending paid sick leave program until end of 2021 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/ontario-extending-paid-sick-leave-program-until-end-of-2021/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=107285 Ontario is extending a temporary paid sick leave program for workers until the end of this year. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced that the coronavirus pandemic program set to expire on Sept. 25 will be extended to Dec. 31, 2021. He said the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant prompted the move to give more […]

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]]> Ontario’s paid sick leave program costing less than expected https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/ontarios-paid-sick-leave-program-costing-less-than-expected/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:00:06 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104673 Ontario’s temporary paid sick leave program is receiving less uptake than initially expected. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday that, as of July 21, a total of $13.2 million in claims have been made to the program, which is retroactive to April 19 and ends on Sept. 25. When the program was first launched this […]

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]]> Reliance Home Comfort, Unifor deal increases paid sick days, employer RRSP match https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/reliance-home-comfort-unifor-deal-increases-paid-sick-days-employer-rrsp-match/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:00:32 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103415 The 830 locked-out employees at Reliance Home Comfort sites in Ontario are heading back to work after their union ratified a new contract with the company on June 30. The new collective agreement includes two new paid sick days, improvements to the extended health benefits cost-sharing and a one per cent increase to the matching […]

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]]> OPSEU increasing paid sick days for employees during pandemic https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/opseu-increasing-paid-sick-days-for-employees-during-pandemic/ Thu, 06 May 2021 19:00:40 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=99881 The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is giving its staff more paid sick days until the end of the coronavirus pandemic or for the duration of respective collective agreements. The OPSEU is extending its annual paid sick leave from seven to 10 days and will give all of its temporary workers 10 fully paid sick […]

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]]> Employers balancing benefits costs and employee well-being: survey https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/employers-balancing-benefits-costs-and-employee-well-being-survey/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 04:30:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/employers-balancing-benefits-costs-and-employee-well-being-survey/ As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Canadian employers are balancing the need to reduce benefits costs while focusing on employee well-being, according to a new survey by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Just over half (55 per cent) of respondents said controlling costs is their top benefits-related challenge this year, with many considering measures such as variable cost […]

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