COVID-19 Important Update: Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Extension!

If you have been waiting patiently for the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave to end so the layoff clock could begin counting again, you'll have to wait a little longer, as there has been extension made in June.

How Ontario Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Works?

IDEL (INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCY LEAVE), O. Reg. 228/20, was established during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Non-unionized workers whose employers have temporarily reduced or cancelled their work hours owing to COVID-19 will be deemed on job-protected infectious disease emergency leave and will not be laid off or constructively fired at this time.

Although most companies are not required to provide benefits to laid-off employees, an IDEL employee is not "considered" laid off and therefore is eligible for benefits.

Click here to learn more about how the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave work.

Ontario Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Extensions

In September 2020, O. Reg. 492/20, was passed to extend deemed emergency leave under the Employment Standards Act (ESA) until January 2, 2021.

On December 17, 2020, O. Reg. 765/20 was passed by the Ontario government to modified extend the deemed emergency leave under the Employment Standards Act from January 2, 2021 to July 3, 2021.

The leave has been further extended on or about June 4, 2021 under O. Reg. 412/21 which further extended the deemed emergency leave under ESA from July 3, 2021 to September 25, 2021.

When Will the Layoffs Clock Get Reset?

On September 26, 2021, the "temporary layoff clock" will be reset, with unpaid temporary layoffs of 13 weeks or longer being a termination of employment, and compensated temporary layoffs of 35 weeks or longer considered a termination of employment.

The only way to know whether the deadline will be extended is to wait and watch.

In other words, until IDEL curtails in September, employment legislation related to layoffs is temporarily statutory stopped.

Although it is uncertain if common law reliefs such as constructive dismissal in connection with layoffs are likewise barred, it is widely assumed that a Judge will be hesitant to award such reliefs.

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