Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has announced the government will now compensate health care workers who are required to self isolate for 14 days due to possible COVID-19 exposure in the workplace.  He also added new provisions that will affect workers.  He reassured Manitobans they will not lose their job for taking leave to comply with public health orders to self isolate or to seek medical attention or to care for a loved one because of COVID-19 and that’s why he announced they are moving forward with provisions to the Employment Standards Code that will allow employees to be given protected unpaid leave as well during these unprecedented times.

Pallister noted the province is also seeking ways to defer non-essential spending across all of government to ensure its ability to redirect resources to front line health services during this critical time.