Your Liberal government has taken the next step to provide workplace leave provisions for individuals who experience domestic, intimate partner or sexual violence.

New proposed regulations under the Employment Standards Act, provide leave of up to 10 days that could be used intermittently or continuously, and up to 16 weeks that could be used in one continuous period, of which the first five days would be paid.

Modernizing employment legislation aims to ensure that the province keeps pace with best practices and legislative developments across the country, and adapts to shifting labour force demographics, new work arrangements and the changing needs of employers and employees.