Bill 25 explained in plain English
Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013, prevents public sector employers from compensating employees for unused sick days, limits their use to illness or family care, and requires repayment if proof of sickness is not provided, overriding other agreements.
This Ontario Act, called the Sick Days are for Sick People Act, 2013, states that public sector employers cannot pay employees for sick days they did not use. It also restricts the use of unused sick days to when the employee is sick or caring for a sick family member. If an employee uses a sick day but does not provide required proof of sickness, they must repay any compensation received for that day. The Act overrides conflicting employment contracts or collective agreements. An exception to not compensating for unused sick days exists for individuals employed by a public sector employer when the Act received Royal Assent, provided they remain continuously employed by that same employer.
- Prohibits public sector employers from compensating employees for unused sick days.
- Restricts the use of unused sick days to situations where an employee is sick or caring for a sick family member.
- Requires employees to repay compensation for sick days if they do not provide sufficient evidence of sickness when required.
- States that this Act and its regulations take precedence over employment contracts, collective agreements, and other laws in cases of conflict.
- Provides an exception for individuals continuously employed by a public sector employer since the day the Act received Royal Assent, regarding compensation for unused sick days.
- Public sector employers in Ontario
- Employees of public sector employers in Ontario
- Public sector employers are obligated not to compensate employees for unused sick days (with an exception).
- Employees are restricted from using unused sick days except for personal sickness or caring for a sick family member.
- Employees who use a sick day must repay compensation if they do not provide sufficient evidence of sickness when required.
- An exception allows individuals continuously employed by a public sector employer since the Act's Royal Assent to receive compensation for unused sick days.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The exception regarding compensation for unused sick days applies to individuals employed by a public sector employer on the day the Act received Royal Assent, provided they remained continuously employed.
- Employees may be required to repay compensation received for sick days if proof of sickness is not provided.
- Public sector employers may need to track and process repayments from employees for sick days taken without sufficient proof.
- If an employee does not provide sufficient evidence of sickness when required, compensation received for that sick day becomes a debt owed to the employer, recoverable by law, including by withholding future wages.
- The Act allows for regulations to be made governing the furnishing of evidence of sickness, including when it is required and what constitutes sufficient evidence in different circumstances. These specific details are not provided in the Act text itself.
- The definition of 'sick family member' is not explicitly defined within the Act.
This Act establishes rules for sick days in the broader public sector in Ontario.
The Act states that its provisions and any regulations made under it will take precedence over any conflicting terms in employment contracts or collective agreements, making those conflicting terms inoperative.
Source: Section 6(1)
The Act states that its provisions and any regulations made under it will take precedence over any other Act and any regulation, by-law, or other statutory instrument.
Source: Section 6(2)
The definitions of 'employee' and 'public sector employer' in this Act are the same as those defined in the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
Source: Section 1
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