Our union is calling on school employers to provide immediate access to paid pandemic leave for staff who test positive to COVID-19 or are exposed to the virus and required to comply with public health directives.
Unfortunately, employers in the non-government education sector are continuing to deny employees immediate access to paid pandemic leave, instead requiring them to exhaust their entire accrual of personal/sick leave prior to using any paid pandemic leave at all.
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