Q:
Do I
have to pay my employees whilst they are on ‘Pandemic Leave’?
A:
According to the Chief
Personnel Officer, Commander (Ret’d) Daryl Dindial, ‘Pandemic Leave’
only applies to government workers who are (1) parents
with no supervision for their children, and; (2) employees
who do not benefit from sick leave as part of their employment, in
the event, they fall ill, have to be quarantined or eventually are
confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus (CoViD-19).
‘Government workers’ in this instance
refers to:
1. Public
Officers – Permanent, temporary, monthly-paid and daily-rated
2. Fixed
Term Contract Employees
3. Short Term
Contract Employees
4. On
the Job Trainees (OJTs)
5. Office
Holders within the purview of the Salaries Review Commission (SRC) (whose
Office falls in the Public Service such as Top Managers, Judiciary and Legal
Services)
Because you’re asking, I will assume
that you are a private sector employer, thus you are not legally obligated to
pay your employees for “pandemic leave”… however, if you can pay even a portion
of their wages or salaries to assist them during what will be a period of
certain economic hardship, please do.
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