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Ontario Government Provides Pandemic Payments to Frontline Workers

By Jeremy Hann & Matthew De Lio on April 29, 2020
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On April 25, 2020, the Ontario government announced that it is providing frontline staff with a temporary pandemic payment. The payment compensates frontline workers for dedication, long hours, and increased risk while working to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

What does the payment include?

Eligible workers will receive an increase of four dollars per hour worked on top of existing hourly wages, regardless of the qualified employee’s hourly wage. In addition, employees working over 100 hours per month will receive lump sum payments of $250 per month.

Which workplaces are eligible?

Eligible workers include staff in:

  • Acute hospitals
  • Long-term care homes (including private, municipal and not-for-profit homes)
  • Licensed retirement homes
  • Home and community care
  • Homes supporting people with developmental disabilities
  • Intervenor residential sites
  • Indigenous healing and wellness facilities/shelters
  • Shelters for survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking
  • Youth justice residential facilities
  • Licensed children’s residential sites
  • Directly operated residential facility ― Child and Parent Resource Institute
  • Emergency shelters
  • Supportive housing facilities
  • Respite/drop-in centres
  • Temporary shelter facilities, such as re-purposed community centres or arenas
  • Hotels/motels used for self-isolation and/or shelter overflow
  • Adult correctional facilities and youth justice facilities in Ontario

On April 28, 2020, the provincial government clarified that the payment also applies to respiratory therapists, mental health and addictions workers in hospitals and congregate care settings, public health nurses and paramedics.

The payment is designed to apply to frontline employees, and does not apply to management.

How long does the payment last?

The temporary payment begins immediately, and continues from April 24, 2020 until August 13, 2020.


We are closely monitoring the situation and will continue to provide updates as they become available.

Please contact your Baker McKenzie lawyers (above) for more information.

You can also access our Coronavirus Resource Center for information on the impact of this situation on your business and what you can do to manage these risks. It covers areas of immediate concerns such as employer obligations, contract issues, supply chain disruption, financing and force majeure, as well as more forward looking issues such as practical impact on transactions and IPO activity.

Photo of Jeremy Hann Jeremy Hann

Jeremy Hann’s practice is primarily focused on employment and labour litigation. He has appeared as defendant/respondent/employer counsel before the numerous Ontario tribunals, courts and arbitrators who hear labour, employment and human rights matters. Jeremy also maintains a busy day-to-day counselling practice where he…

Jeremy Hann’s practice is primarily focused on employment and labour litigation. He has appeared as defendant/respondent/employer counsel before the numerous Ontario tribunals, courts and arbitrators who hear labour, employment and human rights matters. Jeremy also maintains a busy day-to-day counselling practice where he assists employers in their HR counsel needs, as well as handling specials projects such as the employment, labour and benefits aspects of corporate transactions, mass reductions in force and workplace violence and harassment investigations. One of Jeremy’s principal strengths is his ability to leverage his litigation experience in order to provide practical and business-focused advice to employers as they navigate through the various human-rights related minefields.

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Photo of Matthew De Lio Matthew De Lio

Matthew De Lio has a broad litigation practice, with a focus on labour, employment, and administrative law. As a former Crown prosecutor, he particularly specializes in defending clients against Occupational Health and Safety Act charges. In addition to his litigation practice, Matthew advises…

Matthew De Lio has a broad litigation practice, with a focus on labour, employment, and administrative law. As a former Crown prosecutor, he particularly specializes in defending clients against Occupational Health and Safety Act charges. In addition to his litigation practice, Matthew advises clients on contentious and non-contentious workplace issues, such as occupational health and safety requirements, employment standards requirements, workplace accommodation, discrimination and harassment, collective bargaining and labour relations, and reductions in force, as well as issues relating to international labour and human rights standards, corporate compliance and risk management, and internal investigations.

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