About 1,100 city employees will have their start dates pushed back or will be placed on a temporary unpaid leave as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The staff would have been delivering recreation programs and performing seasonal work had it not been for closures impacting all non-essential operations.

They include community centre staff; staff who support recreation, sports programs, and neighbourhood activities; aquatics staff; parks maintenance staff; golf course employees; and seasonal staff in service areas like roads, water and sewers, and facilities.

According to the city, close to 300 seasonal temporary staff will have their start dates deferred and they have already been notified.

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