The four workers were exposed to a confirmed case of COVID\u002D19 while on shift at the firehall and, according to the arbitrator’s summary, they were “instructed to isolate and to use sick leave to cover any missed shifts.”
The four workers were exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 while on shift at the firehall and, according to the arbitrator’s summary, they were “instructed to isolate and to use sick leave to cover any missed shifts.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“The employees never had the requisite illness or injury which was a precondition for sick leave,” the arbitrator concluded, and said the firefighters were entitled to use those days as special leave. Two of the firefighters applied to the Workplace Safety Insurance Board, but their benefit claims were denied on the basis they “had not experienced any symptoms, illness, or disease resulting from an exposure to a harmful chemical or substance in the workplace” during the close contact on Dec. 9, 2021.
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