‘Applying the practice to exclusively remote workers did not advance its main purpose, which was to limit the risk of COVID transmission in the workplace’
Canada Post was wrong to suspend remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic for not confirming that they got vaccinated for the disease, an arbitrator recently ruled.
In October 2021, Canada Post mandated that workers provide proof that they have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or risk being put on unpaid leave.
While the rule was key to fighting the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, the employer should not have extended the mandate to workers who are working strictly remotely, said arbitrator Michelle Flaherty in her ruling issued May 6.
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