Protection Benefit Program News Today

Article content What can you do once you’re vaccinated? With around 37 per cent of the population fully vaccinated south of the border, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines Tuesday that offer inoculated individuals a tiny taste of freedom from the masks that have become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Being fully vaccinated, according to the CDC, means two weeks have passed since a person received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Modern...

Windsorites say provincial paid sick leave program is a good start, but falls short Windsor line cook Joey Wright says Ontarios plans for a temporary paid sick day program is coming too late and falls short of what workers need.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 29, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 29 Line cook Joey Wright says three days is not nearly enough for workers and hopes to see this sort of program continue beyond COVID-19.(Tahmina Aziz/CBC)

Posted: Apr 28, 2021 10:20 AM ET | Last Updated: April 28 A man holds up a sign as a group advocating for provincially mandated paid sick days for workers participates in a die-in rally outside Queens Park earlier this year. The proposed Ontario COVID-19 Worker Protection Benefit Program will pay up to $200 per day, and will be retroactive to April 19. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)