This question is for Ontario Canadians.
I’m a salary employee with my organization. I have to take a 1 week off for medical reason with a doctor note.
Now my employer is saying I have to use up my PTO and vacation days, or take unpaid time off, rather than sick leave. Apparently there is no company sick leave policy.
From what I checked online, and from my experience at previous employers, sick leave days are always different from PTO and vacation. You can pretty much take unlimited sick time because it would eventually fall under an insurance claim of short or long term disability.
Now this is only 5 days so it won’t qualify for short term disability.
Is my employer required to pay my salary during medical leave with doctor note?