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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It has been politically involved for decades, arguably far longer. Covid just exposed the nastier bits that were swept under the rug, and made for a chaos that individualistic societies aren't prepared to deal with.

The Ford government's sick leave program, which will give employees three days of paid emergency leave during COVID-19, passed the legislature Thursday. His government has previously described the plan as “the most comprehensive plan in the entire country" and the best in North America.

Is this including days required if quarantine was expected?

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My provincial government constantly puts out word salads, I've given up trying to understand them.

I found one source that mentions quarantine, but even the last sentence is a headscratcher.

https://www.osler.com/en/resources/regulations/2021/ontario-employers-must-provide-new-paid-covid-19-leave

The employee is in quarantine, isolation, self-isolation or subject to another control measure as a result of information or direction related to COVID-19, issued to the public or to an individual, by a public health official, a qualified health practitioner, Telehealth Ontario, the Ontario or Canadian Government, a municipal council or a board of health. It is unclear what other “control measures” would be.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/covid19-emergency-benefits.html

Ok, so the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit covers for that period of illness. That's a federal benefit, if I understand this correctly. There appear to be a pretty decent amount of safety nets available. So they key here is to ignore local government bullshit unless it's beneficial, and file for federal benefits if necessary.