Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Comes to BC
Earlier this year, the BC provincial government surveyed employers and employees to determine if paid sick leave should be legislated in BC. The BC government set out to determine whether workers and employers would mutually benefit from a paid sick leave requirement. The surveys asked questions about current employer sick leave programs. Questions for employers included whether they provided paid sick days, and how many days paid sick leave are acceptable. Workers were asked how many days of paid sick leave they would need in order to be comfortable staying home sick rather than going to work because they couldn’t afford [...]