Update: Ford has announced they are easing sick leave requirements in the face of coronavirus. Ontarians will no longer require a sick note, and other additions will be announced in later days.

As the Coronavirus pandemic rapidly grows throughout Canada, Doug Ford took to Twitter to share advice on how to reduce the spread of the virus.

One of his pieces of advice was for people to stay home. Yet in 2018, Doug Ford’s government cancelled a requirement that businesses provide two days of paid sick leave for employees.

Stay home if you are sick. — Doug Ford (@fordnation) March 13, 2020

Ford’s government also gave employers the power to require a doctors note when taking sick days, reversing the previous policy that did away with that requirement.

Recently, health practitioners and other experts have called on the Ford government to reinstate sick days and end the doctor’s note requirement in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

The government stated they have looked at changing the law but decided not to for the time being.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has also called for a pause on sick note requirements to help contain the reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

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