The province’s newly announced paid sick days program will benefit workers, but not at the expense of their employers.Announced this week, the province will pay for up to three sick days per person, with a maximum of 200-dollars per day. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton explains the province will reimburse employers up to $200 a day for what they pay out through the program.
The plan – which would run until the end of September – falls far short of what doctors and opposition politicians had called for.