Paid sick leave: Does the province's plan go far enough?

After months of rejecting calls and deferring to a federal program, the province has now promised its own paid sick day plan. 

If the legislation is passed, the temporary program will offer:

• Three paid sick days, paying up to $200 per day for workers who are sick, have symptoms, have a mental health issue or need to be vaccinated.
• Retroactive to April 19.
• Do not need to be taken consecutively and no sick note is required.

It would be administered through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and employers will be reimbursed in full, the province says. The program would end in September.

The province has also offered to cover the cost of doubling the federal Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit payments, adding an additional $500 per week to eligible individuals, for a total of $1,000 per week.

So what do you think of the plan? It's the topic on Thursday's extended edition of Ontario Today: Paid sick leave: Does the province's plan go far enough?

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CBC Radio's daily provincial call-in show is again extending to an hour-and-a-half Thursday to take your calls on the topic. Tune in to CBC Radio Thursday between 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. ET, listen here or call in at 1-888-817-8995.

Leave a comment on what you think of the paid sick leave plan below. Some of the best and most insightful will be featured throughout the show.