Employee Screening During COVID-19

Employers can screen employees wishing to enter the workplace if they determine screening is necessary to meet the occupational health and safety obligation to provide a safe workplace.

Employers can require employees to disclose circumstances which may materially increase the risk of an employee spreading COVID-19 in the workplace. The government of Saskatchewan, by a Public Health Order dated March 26, 2020 ("the Order"), has directed that all individuals who have been identified by a Medical Health Officer as a close contact of a person with COVID-19 must go into mandatory self-isolation for fourteen days from the date of last exposure. All individuals who are household members or contacts of a person with COVID-19 are also required by the Order to go into mandatory self-isolation. With limited exceptions, the Order likewise provides that all individuals who have travelled internationally must go into self-isolation for a fourteen day period. Employers can rely in