Labour Act Sick Leave Provisions Amended Due To Covid - 19

With the eighth presumptive case of COVID – 19 announced the Saskatchewan Legislature has unanimously passed a bill extending unpaid sick leave to all workers during a public health emergency.

The amendments to the Employment Act protects workers from losing their jobs for being absent when there is a publicly declared health emergency. The changes are retroactive to March 6th.

The changes remove the following:

  • a requirement that someone must work at least 13 consecutive weeks at a job in order to qualify for sick leave

  • remove the provision to require a doctor’s note to qualify for sick leave

The provisions took minutes to pass in the Legislature and passed unanimously.

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