“Precarious work, including the lack of paid sick days, is putting workers lives, and public health, at risk.”
“Time and time again, we have seen the COVID-19 outbreaks and tragedies at workplaces, whether it’s on farms, in industrial bakeries, at meat processing plants or in long-term care homes,” Jimenez said.
Hoskin’s story of spreading pneumonia to his co-workers shows the need for paid sick days to be a permanent measure that isn’t only related to COVID-19, Jimenez said. Research also indicates if there are barriers like requiring a doctor’s note, workers will likely choose to go to work sick, she said.
... even if [people] have a runny nose and might have symptoms they don’t get tested because they need a paycheque ...At his Wednesday press conference, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he hopes to see Ontario’s $7 billion share of federal funding come in the next couple of weeks, but he couldn’t say how much of the money would go to the 10 paid sick day program.
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