Labor Minister Jean Boulet invites employers and workers to respect the new public health directives regarding access which is now limited to tests for COVID-19 and regarding the reduction from 10 to 5 days of the period isolation.
On Tuesday, Public Health announced that because they are overwhelmed, testing centers will now restrict access to PCR tests to certain categories of people, such as healthcare workers in direct contact with patients, members of First Nations. Nations or itinerant people.
However, workers who have symptoms of COVID-19 and who are not in the priority categories are now in a wobbly situation, when their employer requires the presentation of such a test as proof that the employee has indeed COVID-19. In addition, there is also a lack of rapid tests in Quebec.
It is in this context that the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity launched this message to all stakeholders in the workplace, inviting employers and workers to respect the directives concerning access. now limited to PCR testing and duration of isolation.
The minister’s office said Wednesday that it was working to “clear up” everything and that a more elaborate response to this problem would be given on Thursday.
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