Monday, September 17, 2018

Toronto hospitals can’t force unvaccinated nurses to wear masks, ruling says


Nine Toronto-area hospitals have to scrap their policies forcing unvaccinated nurses to wear surgical masks, a labour arbitrator has ruled in a binding decision that concluded the hospitals couldn't provide scientific evidence to back up the practice.

The arguments that witnesses for the hospitals presented were “insufficient, inadequate, and completely unpersuasive,” arbitrator William Kaplan wrote in a 53-page decision last Thursday.

The decision focused on a grievance filed by the Ontario Nurses' Association against St. Michael's Hospital.


Learn More 
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-toronto
 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/vaccinate-or-maks-1.4818607
 https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/unvaccinated-nurses-can-t-be-forced-to-wear-

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