Temporary Pandemic Pay Update

Dear Executive Directors and Admin Leads,

Please find attached the following update documents on pandemic pay:

• Temporary Pandemic Pay Guidance Document
• Pandemic Pay Q and A
• Pandemic Pay Payroll Administration
• Pandemic Pay Memo June 24 2020 Final

While broad primary care is not included, just a reminder that eligibility of workers does include those primary care team members that are redeployed to the COVID-19 Assessment Centres and other eligible workplaces (i.e. hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes).  As noted in the documents:

• Staff member redeployed from an ineligible employer to an eligible employer (e.g. Family Health Team to hospital) will be paid by the home employer. Funds will be paid to the receiving employer who will provide funds to the home employer, under agreement.

Eligible workplace employers will not be responsible for paying redeployed workers through their allocations for pandemic pay. Workers’ home employer (the organization from which they were originally deployed, i.e. their FHT or NPLC) will facilitate pandemic pay payments using the records provided by the eligible workplace employer for administration and reconciliation purposes. These records must include the following details for each eligible worker:

• Number of worker hours eligible for pandemic hourly pay
• Number of worker hours eligible for lump sum pay
• Any applicable attestations in support of the above

Please connect with your eligible workplace employer (hospital, long-term are home, retirement home, or public health unit) for the record template that they are using for reconciliation purposes for any redeployed staff.

We are seeking clarity on how funds will be deployed to those fully FHT-run Assessment Centres, but you can send an email to MOH.PPInquiries@Ontario.ca for direction in the meantime.  A reminder that temporary pandemic pay is from April 24th to August 13th, 2020.

If you have specific details or need further clarity you can connect with the Ministry at MOH.PPInquiries@Ontario.ca or contact us at info@afhto.ca.