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Previously, we wrote about three recent arbitration decisions where mandatory vaccination policies were upheld as reasonable. A brief summary of each of these decisions is below. Extendicare [...]

In a recent arbitration decision, Unifor Local 973 and Coca-Cola Bottling Limited [Coca-Cola Bottling Ltd.], the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This [...]

In a recent arbitration decision, The Toronto District School Board and CUPE, Local 4400 [TDSB], an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This decision is [...]

In a recent arbitration decision, Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 [Extendicare], the arbitrator upheld an [...]

On April 22, 2022, the federal government announced new changes to the rules for travellers entering Canada that came into effect on April 25, 2022. A summary of the updated travel rules is set [...]

The Ontario government recently expanded the eligibility for individuals who can receive the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to include: individuals who are 60 years or older; and First [...]

On March 30, 2022, the Head of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table stated to various news outlets that Ontario is now in its sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, during a news [...]