{"id":3460,"date":"2022-11-11T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/government-of-canada-moves-forward-on-10-sick-days-implementation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:59","slug":"government-of-canada-moves-forward-on-10-sick-days-implementation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/government-of-canada-moves-forward-on-10-sick-days-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Canada Moves Forward on 10-Sick Days Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Government of Canada issued its intended direction earlier this week to paid medical leave (10-paid sick days). The\u00a0final regulations<\/a>, which will require federally regulated employers to provide 10 days of paid sick leave, are now available on\u00a0Canada.ca<\/a>. The regulation will take effect on December 1, 2022.<\/p>\n

This is a permanent change to the\u00a0Canada Labour Code and it will apply to all federally regulated private sector employers, including trucking companies.<\/p>\n

The direction chosen by the Government of Canada was very similar to the proposed language in Gazette I.\u00a0Throughout the regulatory process, CTA maintained the position that the Government of Canada should slow down the implementation process and adopt a phased-in approach, which would allow the Government adequate time to help the industry with training support, access to immigration, and to increase enforcement activities on Driver Inc.<\/p>\n

The final\u00a0Regulations outline essential elements of the new paid sick leave provisions. This includes, among other things, the following:<\/p>\n