Vaccination refusal on basis of creed protected by human rights: arbitrator

Worker’s religious beliefs against abortion prevented her from taking vaccine developed with fetal cells

Vaccination refusal on basis of creed protected by human rights: arbitrator

A new landmark decision from an Ontario arbitrator, Public Health Sudbury & Districts v. Ontario Nurses’ Association, has found that Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) breached the Ontario Human Rights Code when it terminated an employee who refused to comply with the employer’s vaccination policy on the basis of a protected ground under the code – that being the employee’s creed.

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