Emergency leave
2020, c.12, s.2
44.028(1)If it is necessary in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, an employer shall grant an employee a leave of absence in any of the following circumstances:Â
(a)
when the Minister of Public Safety declares a state of emergency under the
Emergency Measures Act in respect to all or any area of the Province;
(b)
when the Governor in Council declares a public welfare emergency, a public order emergency, an international emergency or a war emergency under the
Emergencies Act (Canada);
(c)
when the Governor in Council makes an order under section 58 of the
Quarantine Act (Canada);
(d)
in any circumstance relating to
(i)
a notifiable disease prescribed by regulation under the
Public Health Act or declared to be a notifiable disease in an order of the Minister of Health or the chief medical officer of health, as the case may be,
(ii)
a notifiable event prescribed by regulation under the
Public Health Act, or
(iii)
any other threat to public health.
44.028(2)A leave of absence referred to in this section shall be granted in accordance with the regulations.
2020, c.12, s.2; 2020, c.25, s.47; 2022, c.28, s.18