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24.01.2022 / 07:21

Phased return to the workplace starts today

Employers can start bringing staff back into the workplace from today onwards, following the announcement of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on Friday.

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Labour leaders, NDP call for paid sick and vaccine leave in Manitoba

Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program to include 3 days for workers But Jonathan Alward of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the plan is “unrealistic and unnecessary”.“It would probably be a nail in the coffin for a lot of businesses and put a lot of staff out of work. We have to avoid putting a long-term plan in right now because businesses can’t afford this.”Alward says just one-third of businesses in Manitoba are making normal revenue and are taking on an average of $180,000 in debt.NDP leader Wab Kinew said they can’t afford not to introduce the measures.“There is a tremendous cost proceeding without paid sick leave,” Kinew said.

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Toronto plans further restrictions on businesses as city braces for COVID-19 surge

COVID-19.Dr. Eileen De Villa says these steps are meant to create as much distance and safety as possible for employees while keeping businesses open.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The new restrictions come after Toronto reported a record 1,069 new cases today, up from 957 cases it reported Tuesday.

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Ontario hiring 98 more labour inspectors to speed up COVID-19 pandemic workplace response

COVID-19 in workplaces.Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the government will begin to recruit the workers in October.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The hiring blitz will increase the number of government inspectors from 409 to 507 and will cost $11.6 million.

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7 employees at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton test positive for COVID-19

COVID-19, the hotel confirmed on Tuesday.Those seven people, along with anyone they were in close contact with, are self isolating for 14 days, the hotel said in a news release.“All impacted employees have been notified and are being supported; none of the colleagues who tested positive have been on property for the past seven days,” the news release said.“Alberta Health Services has confirmed that no hotel guests or visitors have been impacted.“Health officials advise that risk of transmission is low for those who have not been in close contact with these individuals.”The hotel remains open at this time. Dr.

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Workplaces are slowly reopening, but can you refuse to go back?

coronavirus outbreak, provinces are slowly beginning to allow office spaces and other workplaces to reopen.However, many employees still have concerns about the rapid and easy spread of COVID-19 in these enclosed, densely populated spaces.That’s why Erin Bury, the co-founder and CEO of Willful Wills, is making the return to office “100 per cent optional” for her employees. “We started by doing a company-wide survey to find out what people’s attitudes are towards remote work and the return to the office,” Bury told Global News.

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Will coronavirus kill the traditional office as we know it?

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, many Canadians continue to work from home because their workplaces don’t allow for a minimum of two metres (six feet) between employees — the physical-distancing guidelines recommended by public health.

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Record-High 25% of U.S. Workers Say Job Loss Is Likely

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the unemployment rate continues to rise sharply in the wake of the novel coronavirus, a record-high 25% of employed U.S. adults think they are likely to be laid off in the next year. This latest reading in Gallup's 45-year trend comes one year after it hit 8%, which matched the lowest level recorded.

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U.S. Workers Discovering Affinity for Remote Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American workers are increasingly doing their jobs from home as a result of the coronavirus crisis, and the latest Gallup Panel data show that they are warming up to the experience.

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COVID-19 Effects at Workplaces Accelerate

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thursday's record unemployment figures from the U.S. Department of Labor revealed the harsh reality that roughly 10 million Americans filed for unemployment in the last two weeks of March. With the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging U.S. businesses, Gallup's latest data show that U.S. workers are increasingly seeing the effects at their workplaces.

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U.S. Employees Increasingly Seeing COVID-19 Effects at Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly three in 10 employed Americans now say that their employer has cut jobs, reduced hours or frozen hiring as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, marking an 18-percentage-point increase since mid-March. Part-time workers are more likely than those employed full time to report these negative effects on their workplace.

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Most U.S. Workers Not Yet Drastically Impacted by COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As employers in the U.S. scramble to adapt their businesses to survive in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than eight in 10 American workers are very (37%) or somewhat (45%) confident they will be able to successfully continue to meet their job requirements should the outbreak continue. A slim 53% majority of workers agree that they are well prepared to do their jobs.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0