March 25, 2020

Pandemic Leave Is Still An Idea

By Newsroom

  Pandemic leave, as suggested by the Minister of Labour, Jennifer Baptiste- Primus- at a news conference last week, is still an idea, yet to materialize. “Those were was just draft guidelines, “Leader of Government Business in the Lower House, Camille Robinson Regis said in the House this afternoon, in response to a question from the Opposition. “The guidelines by government to give notice of the mechanism to be used. It was part of the process. It would have to be approved by the Cabinet,” she explained. Pandemic leave, once it becomes reality, can only be activated after sick leave and extended sick leave is utilised and the idea was floated after the government  made the first decision to shut down  schools and other learning institutions.  
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