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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, S ep te m be r 16 ,2 02 1 | 4 Tutorial & Enrichment Programs Customized Tutoring : • Grades Jk - 12+ • Math • English • Physics • Chemistry • Essay Writing & Exam Prep • Super Readers Program 3yrs + Unlock Academic Potential Academy for Mathematics & English Free Skill Level Assessment CALL NOW 905-847-2809 www.tutoringacademy.ca IN-CENTRE & VIRTUAL LESSONS! Fall Registration on NOW AWARD NOMINEE 2021 1500 Upper Middle Rd. West (Oakville) 905-847-2809 Oakville 905-319-1778 Burlington 3410 Mainway Drive (inside ActivityPlex) Were You Incarcerated in an Ontario Youth Justice Facility Between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018? Were You Placed In Secure Isolation? You may be entitled to Money in a Class Action Settlement You are entitled to make a claim for damages if all of the items on the following list apply to you: 1. You were placed alone in a designated room or area at any one of more of the followingYouth Justice Facilities: BluewaterYouth Centre; BrooksideYouth Centre; Cecil FacerYouth Centre; Donald DoucetYouth Centre; InvictusYouth Centre; Justice Ronald LesterYouth Centre; Roy McMurtryYouth Centre; SprucedaleYouth Centre; TorontoYouth Assessment Centre; 2. Your placement alone in the designated room or area lasted at least 6 consecutive hours; 3. You were not released at the earliest possible time; 4. Your placement alone in the designated room or area took place when you were 17 years old or younger; and 5. Your placement alone in the designated room or area took place sometime between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018. You could be entitled to between $1,000 and $40,000 per placement, depending on the length of time and the circumstances surrounding your placement. Please note that the following placement or placements alone in a designated room or area do not count towards the class definition and do not make you a Class Member: 1. Segregation by reason of a lock-down at aYouth Justice Facility; and 2. The routine locking in your room overnight at aYouth Justice Facility. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice will decide whether to approve the settlement on October 14, 2021. It will be heard on Zoom. The link for the hearing will be posted on www.youthsegregationclassaction.ca when available. You may file an objection or a statement in support of the settlement. To learn more about the settlement and how to make a statement in support or an objection, go to www.youthsegregationclassaction.ca, call toll-free 1-833-430-7538 or write to Ontario Youth Segregation Class Action Administrator, c/o Epiq Class Action Services Canada, PO Box 507 STN B, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5P6, or by email at: info@youthsegregationclassaction.ca. Halton's medical officer of health has issued new COVID-19 rules that require businesses with 100 or more staff members physically present to implement a workplace vaccination policy and safety plan. The amended instructions from Dr. Hamidah Meghani for businesses and organizations, set to come into effect on Friday, will consolidate and replace two ex- isting sets of directives previous- ly issued on Feb. 12 and May 8. "The amended instructions al- so provide additional contact tracing measures in certain set- tings, including the collection and maintenance of customer/ patron contact information for places where there is a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure through closer contact or lack of masking," states a prepared re- lease from Halton Region. "This will help Halton Region Public Health to achieve prompt contact tracing for high-risk CO- VID-19 exposures -- essential to preventing further spread of the Delta variant, which we know to be highly transmissible and pre- sent greater risk for severe ill- ness and hospitalization, espe- cially for the unvaccinated." The directives specify that businesses with 100 or more workers physically present -- in- cluding those working in the community -- must establish, implement and ensure compli- ance with a COVID-19 safety plan and workplace vaccination poli- cy, in accordance with Meghani's previously-issued recommenda- tions. "This policy should be in place no later than September 22, 2021, with steps to ensure full imple- mentation and compliance to fol- low as soon as possible," state the instructions. Meghani's recommendations say workplace vaccination poli- cies should explain their pur- pose, timelines, potential conse- quences for noncompliance and specific actions workers must take, such as providing proof of vaccination status or medical ex- emption. For unvaccinated employees, the medical officer of health sug- gests that workplaces could con- sider having those staff members wear additional personal protec- tive equipment, be relocated, re- assigned or placed on modified work duties. Meghani has also amended Halton's Class Order under Sec- tion 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act to reflect new provincial directions for case and contact management of CO- VID-19, effective Friday as well. Key changes to the Class Or- der, which requires those with or exposed to COVID-19 to self-iso- late to prevent further spread, in- clude: • Updated guidance for how long people must self-isolate based on their symptoms • Reducing the length of time people with high-risk exposures must self-isolate from 14 to 10 days • Relieving people with high- risk exposures who are vaccinat- ed or have recovered from CO- VID-19 infections of the require- ments to self-isolate, at the dis- cretion of Halton Public Health. For further details, visit hal- ton.ca/COVID19. COVID-19 VACCINE POLICIES MANDATED FOR LARGER WORKPLACES Halton's medical officer of health is requiring larger workplaces to implement COVID-19 vaccination policies. Metroland file photo MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@metroland.com NEWS AMENDED INSTRUCTIONS COME INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY, REPLACING FORMER RULES