Staff/Physician Absences

Guidance documents

• Sick Leave provisions – Employment Standards Act, Zurich
• Sick Leave – Employment and Social Development Canada
• EI sickness benefits/CERB – Government of Canada
• HR Decision Making for Physicians – OMA
• Health Care Worker Return to Work – Zurich Health Guidance

To consider:

• Cross-training of staff and planning for backfilling positions should a staff member be unable to work
• Temporary Workers – agency? Do we need to worry about where else they’ve been working?

I need staff!

• https://bookjane.com/
• Zurich Workforce Matching Portal

What if you are sick or test positive but have to work?

• While at work, the health care worker (HCW) should adhere to universal masking recommendations, maintain physical distancing (remaining greater than 2m/6 ft from others) except when providing direct care, and performing meticulous hand hygiene.
• These measures at work are required to continue until non-test based clearance (or test based clearance if required by employer/Occupational Health and Safety).
• The HCW should ideally be cohorted to provide care for COVID-19 positive patients/residents if possible. The HCW on work self-isolation should not work in multiple locations.
• See the provincial guidance for health care workers who test positive for COVID-19 for more information.