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OTTAWA — Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were to be put on unpaid leave Monday, unless they were already granted an accommodation.
Employment law Opinion | Unpaid leave for vaccination refusal justified ... In most cases, lawyers and employees who decided they were entitled to compensation were not successful, Ed Canning writes.
The tough measures are outlined in a Nov. 1 letter signed by Deputy Fire Chief Debbie Higgins, who warns staff that “City of Toronto employees are required to be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 ...
The province says workers who need time off to get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment can use the five days of unpaid job-protected leave introduced in March 2020 for health and family issues.
Nearly 200 workers from Bruyère, Queensway Carleton and CHEO hospitals are now or will soon be on unpaid leave for failing to receive two doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the Oct. 15 deadline.
Re Reversals On Vaccine Mandates Will Hurt Health Systems, Not Save Them (Nov. 4): Health care workers who won’t get vaccinations should be put on unpaid leave and, after a few months, fired if ...
The RCMP is declining to put a specific number on how many officers it has had to place on unpaid leave in B.C. for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or at least disclose vaccination ...
My manager recently asked everyone on our team if we’re interested in taking unpaid leave. Is this legal? Andrea Yu Special to The Globe and Mail Published May 4, 2020 ...