O. Reg. 464/20: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCY LEAVE
filed August 24, 2020 under Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41
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made under the
Employment Standards Act, 2000
Made: August 20, 2020
Filed: August 24, 2020
Published on e-Laws: August 24, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 12, 2020
Amending O. Reg. 228/20
(INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCY LEAVE)
1. Subsection 1 (2) of Ontario Regulation 228/20 is amended by striking out “Subsections 2 (2) and 3 (2)” and substituting “Subsection 2 (2)”.
2. Subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.
3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:
Prescribed leave, orders continued under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020
3.1 (1) For the purposes of subclause 50.1 (1.1) (b) (vii) of the Act, the following reason is prescribed:
1. An order made under section 7.0.2 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act that is continued under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, or any amendment to such an order, that relates to the designated infectious disease applies to the employee.
(2) Entitlement to emergency leave under clause 50.1 (1.1) (b) of the Act because of the reason prescribed in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) related to coronavirus (COVID-19) is deemed to have started on July 24, 2020.
4. Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(1.1) Entitlement to emergency leave under clause 50.1 (1.1) (b) of the Act because of the reason prescribed in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) related to coronavirus (COVID-19) is deemed to have started on March 1, 2020 and applies during the COVID-19 period.
Commencement
5. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.