Medical & Family Caregiving Leave Rights – Know The Laws Of Your Province
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| FEDERAL | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 17 weeks (3 months) |
| Illness or Injury | Workers’ comp equiv. |
| Bereavement | 3 days paid, 2 days unpaid |
| Personal | 3 days paid, 2 days unpaid (3 months) |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | Up to 16 weeks |
| ALBERTA | |
| Compassionate Care | 27 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | 5 days |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 36 weeks Adult: 16 weeks |
| Sick Leave | |
| Illness or Injury | 16 weeks |
| Bereavement | 3 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | Up to 14 days |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA | |
| Compassionate Care | 27 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | 5 days |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 36 weeks Adult: 16 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 3 days (90 days) |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 3 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | For as long as need for leave lasts, retroactive to Jan. 27, 2020 |
| MANITOBA | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks (90 days) |
| Family Responsibility | 3 days (30 days) |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks |
| Sick Leave | |
| Illness or Injury | 17 weeks (90 days) |
| Bereavement | |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | For as long as need for leave lasts, retroactive to March 1, 2020 |
| NEW BRUNSWICK | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | 3 days |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 16 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 5 days (90 days) |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 5 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | Up to 15 weeks |
| NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks (30 days) |
| Family Responsibility | 7 days (30 days) |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks (30 days) |
| Sick Leave | 7 days (30 days) |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 1 day paid, 2 days unpaid (30 days) |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | For as long as COVID-19 remains a designated communicable disease* |
| NOVA SCOTIA | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 16 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 3 days |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 5 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | |
| ONTARIO | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | 8 weeks |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 3 days |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 2 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | For as long as infectious disease public emergency remains in effect* |
| PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | 3 days (6 months) |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 3 days + 1 paid day after 5 years of employment |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | Immediate Family: 1 day paid, 2 days unpaid; Extended Family: 3 days unpaid |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | |
| QUÉBEC | |
| Compassionate Care | |
| Family Responsibility | 26 weeks |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 36 weeks Adult: 16 weeks OR 27 weeks for potentially fatal illness + 104 weeks for fatal illness of child |
| Sick Leave | 2 days paid |
| Illness or Injury | 26 weeks |
| Bereavement | Immediate Family: 2 days paid, 1 day unpaid; Extended Family: 1 day unpaid |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | |
| SASKATCHEWAN | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 12 days (13 weeks) |
| Illness or Injury | 12 weeks |
| Bereavement | 5 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | For as long as public health emergency remains in effect* |
| NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | |
| Compassionate Care | 27 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 16 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 5 days |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 3 to 7 days depending on location |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | |
| NUNAVUT | |
| Compassionate Care | 8 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | |
| Sick Leave | |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | |
| YUKON TERRITORY | |
| Compassionate Care | 28 weeks |
| Family Responsibility | |
| Family Critical Illness Care | Child: 37 weeks Adult: 17 weeks |
| Sick Leave | 1 day per month |
| Illness or Injury | |
| Bereavement | 7 days |
| Personal | |
| COVID-19 & Other Infectious Illness | Up to 14 days, to be taken in one continuous period |