Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Extended to September 25, 2021

June 9, 2021

Nancy Shapiro^*

• The COVID-19 Period has been further extended in Ontario and is now slated to end on September 25, 2021

• Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) is extended to September 25, 2021
• After Infectious Disease Emergency Leave ends, employees who were placed out of active service as a result of the pandemic are no longer on that leave
• • ESA regular rules around constructive dismissal resume
  • ESA regular rules around temporary lay-off result and the layoff clock resets on September 25, 2021 for employees who were on Infectious Disease Emergency Leave
  • Employees out on leave of their own volition may have other leaves still available to them under the ESA or, in some situations, based on human rights legislation

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