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ARTICLE · 22 SEPTEMBER 2022

Arbitrator Finds Three-Dose Mandatory Vaccination Requirement Reasonable In Long-Term Care Homes

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In Regional Municipality of York v Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 905 (Long Term Care Unit), Arbitrator Stephen Raymond found that a mandatory vaccination policy (Policy)...

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In Regional Municipality of York v Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 905 (Long Term Care Unit), Arbitrator Stephen Raymond found that a mandatory vaccination policy (Policy) which required long-term care home employees to receive three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was reasonable.

The employer, the Regional Municipality of York, operates two long-term care homes. This particular award was the second of three grievances regarding the Policy. The first award (April 2022) found that the employer's two-dose Policy was reasonable throughout the operations of the employer, including its two long-term care homes. This second award, as discussed below, holds that the three-dose requirement is reasonable in the long-term care homes. A third grievance, currently deferred, will consider the reasonableness of the termination provisions in the Policy.

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