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For HOOPP purposes, an unpaid emergency leave includes the following two leave classifications under the Employment Standards Act:
Declared Emergency Leave: This applies for a period when an employee is not performing the duties of their position for specified reasons due to an emergency declared under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. The leave ends on the day the emergency ends.
For more information please refer to: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act: Declared emergency leave | Ontario.caInfectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL): Members are entitled to take a leave for a period when they are not performing the duties of their position due to reasons related to a designated infectious disease.
Employers are required to provide a minimum of 3 days of paid leave, at a rate of $200 per day, to employees who are absent from work due to IDEL. Paid IDEL is available for reasons including COVID-19 testing, waiting for results, being sick with COVID-19, getting vaccinated, having side effects from vaccination, self-isolation, or care or support of family members for such reasons. The days do not need to be taken consecutively.
Paid IDEL applies from April 19, 2021 until September 25, 2021, unless extended by regulation.
For more information please refer to: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act: Infectious disease emergency leave | Ontario.ca
If you have granted either of these types of leave for a member, please use the category “Emergency Leave” when you submit the leave information to HOOPP.
This treatment will also apply to any portion of a member’s first 15 weeks of an unpaid health leave during a declared emergency period. Neither the member nor the employer will need to make contributions for these eligible unpaid periods. The process for reporting a health leave remains unchanged. Please refer to section 7 Disability Benefits (Click Here).
Leaves Due to Temporary Layoff
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If you approve the time off work as a health leave please see section 7 Disability Benefits (Click Here), for further details on how to handle health leaves.
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