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How employers can promote employee health during flu season

Sadie Janes — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:34 +0000

The option to work remotely can help employees get through flu season, but employers also need to ensure no one pushes themselves to work while sick, says Janet Candido, founder and principal at Candido Consulting Group. With more employees returning to the office, she says it’s crucial to encourage workers to take sick days because […]

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Half of plan sponsors have implemented coronavirus vaccination policies: BCHS

bwolfe — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:00:12 +0000

Around half (53 per cent) of Canadian benefits plan sponsors and two-thirds (65 per cent) of plan members say their workplace implemented a coronavirus vaccination policy, according to the 2022 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. Among plan sponsors, vaccination policies were more likely with unionized workforces (72 per cent compared to 44 per cent of employers with […]

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City of Windsor facing lawsuit over terminations tied to coronavirus vaccination policy

Sadie Janes — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:02 +0000

Former employees of the City of Windsor, Ont. are pursuing legal action after being fired for violating the City’s coronavirus vaccination policy. While the lawsuit currently has 20 plaintiffs, more employees will be added, says Courtney Betty, the plaintiffs’ lawyer. The plaintiffs cover a wide range of occupations including firefighters, city employees and frontline workers. “[Through […]

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Alberta county will no longer hire businesses with vaccination policies

Jennifer Paterson — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:00:33 +0000

Alberta’s largest and most northern county says it’s no longer working with local businesses that have a mandatory vaccination policy. Mackenzie County says businesses that require employees, contractors or subcontractors to show proof of vaccination in workplaces or on work sites won’t be hired to provide goods or services. “Mackenzie County does not tolerate mandatory […]

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TTC, City of Toronto terminating unvaccinated employees

bwolfe — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:00:07 +0000

The Toronto Transit Commission and the City of Toronto are among the latest employers to fire workers for not complying with a mandatory coronavirus vaccination policy. In a press release, Marvin Alfred, president of the Amalgamated Transit Unit Local 113, said the TTC has fired several hundred workers for not receiving vaccines, noting the terminations […]

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U.S. grocery chain ending some coronavirus benefits for unvaccinated staff

mdunne — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:00:23 +0000

Kroger, the biggest traditional grocery chain in the U.S., is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as large employers attempt to compel more of their workforce to become vaccinated with cases of the coronavirus rising once again. Workers who haven’t received coronavirus vaccines will no longer be eligible to receive up to two weeks paid […]

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Road to returning to office filled with legal potholes for employers

mdunne — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:55:24 +0000

Angry mobs of anti-vaccination protestors holding up handmade signs with messages like “freedom not fear” have been popping up across the country and around the globe for months. Emotions continue to run high both on the streets and within organizations grappling with how to move forward amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But employers looking to […]

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Employers enforcing rules for unvaccinated employees

mdunne — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:15:24 +0000

Employers are beginning to enforce rules for employees who aren’t vaccinated against the coronavirus. To go to work today, Ontario long-term care staff must have received their first coronavirus vaccine dose. Staff who don’t present proof of a first dose must instead show a medical exemption to be able to enter a long-term care home […]

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Public service union ‘concerned’ managers may decide validity of employee vaccine views

mdunne — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:14 +0000

The deadline for employees in the core federal public service to declare their coronavirus vaccination status was Oct. 29, but unions say there are still many questions about how requests for accommodations will be handled. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat said late last week that 240,000 employees have filed their attestations of their vaccine status to the government, out […]

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‘Significant’ wave of terminations coming due to workplace vaccine mandates: lawyer

mdunne — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:18:13 +0000

Canada is facing a potential wave of terminations tied to mandatory workplace vaccine policies as a growing number of employers require workers to be fully inoculated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs, say legal experts. Governments, institutions and companies have spent months hammering out vaccine mandates in a bid to curb an unrelenting […]

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