British Columbia's COVID-19 Leave and New Permanent Illness
and Injury Leave
On March 24, 2020, the British Columbia government made two
changes to the BC Employment Standards Act to provide
workers with unpaid, job-protected leave due to illness and
injury.
With respect to COVID-19, the government has established an unpaid, job-protected leave for employees if
they are unable to work for any of the following reasons:
- "They have been diagnosed with
COVID-19 and are following the instructions of a medical health
officer or the advice of a doctor or nurse;
- They are in quarantine or
self-isolation and are acting in accordance with
an order of the provincial health officer, an order made under
the Quarantine Act (Canada), guidelines from the BC Centre
for Disease Control or guidelines from the Public Health Agency of
Canada;
