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Mandatory vaccines: Can employees be fired for not getting vaccinated?

With mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies rolling out in many workplaces across Ontario, managing employees who choose not to get vaccinated can become a difficult task. While some employees cannot get vaccinated for a medical reason, others may choose not to get vaccinated for personal reasons.

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Mandatory COVID vaccination policy

Like most employment lawyers, I have been getting calls from employers asking whether they can require employees to get vaccinated for COVID.

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Vaccination program in the workplace

Vaccination has been touted as the key to a speedy return to normal following the last—seemingly interminable—18 months of pandemic life. With on-again-off-again lockdowns across Canada and wave after wave of spiking COVID cases, it’s encouraging to see provinces, territories and municipalities bolster their vaccination programs.

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