Front line health care workers will now be compensated if they need to take administrative leave to self-isolate from the novel coronavirus.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced that those workers will get 14 days of administrative leave. Previously, those who were exposed or sick had to use sick or vacation time for their leave.
All front line workers in the health care sector will qualify.
The Manitoba government is set to meet with Manitoba's public-sector union leads to discuss what they're calling "an-all-hands-on-deck" approach to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the topics that will be discussed is a reduced work-week for non-essential workers to avoid layoffs.
