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Employers might be able to require COVID-19 vaccination from employees: BC lawyer – Kelowna Capital News – Kelowna Capital News
‘An employer must make the case’ using expert science, explains lawyer David Mardiros
With COVID-19 vaccines expected to reach the masses in July, questions are being raised as to whether employers in B.C. will take a step further and require worker immunization.
Kelowna-based lawyer David Mardiros, with Kent Employment Law, said the issue isn’t a new one – it’s come up in B.C. arbitrations at least twice.
In 2006, arbitrators upheld a hospital’s policy, forcing a union nurse to either immunize from influenza during an outbreak or take an unpaid leave of absence at work.
So far,…
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