Canadian arbitrator rules in favor of railway engineer fired for refusing COVID jab
In his judgement, the federal arbitrator ruled that 'VIA did not have just and sufficient cause' to fire its employee of 19 years.
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Articles tagged workplace mandates
‘We remain in a pandemic’: Union protests end of Canada’s last mask mandate
The president of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union says the decision to drop the mandate happened without consultation.
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Privacy commissioner rules Saskatchewan library cannot mandate COVID vaccine for employees
The privacy commissioner also told Saskatoon Public Library management to destroy all vaccine records on file.
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Legal group sounds alarm over British Columbia’s proposed vaccine mandate for health workers
The passage of Bill 36 would enable the health minister to impose a COVID vaccine as a condition of licensing on all health practitioners in the province.
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Federal tribunal sides with Canadian man denied unemployment benefits for refusing COVID shot
'The Justice Centre will continue to pursue legal challenges to the denial of EI benefits to Canadians based on their personal medical decisions.'
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Ex-Disney employees sue company for rejecting religious exemptions to COVID jabs
The termination of the employees took place despite Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banning employer vaccine mandates.
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Canadian firefighter fired for refusing vaccine gets job back after legal group intervenes
'The Justice Centre is pleased to announce that volunteer firefighter Craig Nygard has been reinstated to his position by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD),' the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms wrote in a release.
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Arbitrator rules that Catholic nurse in Ontario was wrongfully fired for refusing COVID jab
'There can be multiple reasons for objecting to getting vaccinated, but as long as one of the reasons is sincerely and legitimately based upon one’s creed, as subjectively interpreted and applied, an applicant would be entitled to an exception,' the arbitrator explained.
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Many large Canadian companies still require COVID vaccines for new hires
One company even demands that all new hires be willing to receive any additional booster shots that may be rolled out in the future.
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British Columbia to hire foreign nurses instead of letting unvaxxed return to work
The B.C. government has pledged $12 million in taxpayer money to fund streamlining the process of hiring foreign nurses.
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