Lluc Cerda on COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace

Interview Summary

Vaccine distribution has increased substantially across the province and so have concerns regarding employee rights and privacy concerns. Will employers be able to make employees get a COVID-19 vaccine? What are employees permitted to refuse? Can someone be fired if they don’t get vaccinated?

Lluc Cerda, an employment lawyer and Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP joins Kristy Cameron on Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa Now to answer these questions and more.

Interview Notes

• Is it legal to require an employee to disclose their vaccination status?
• What are the legal challenges of requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated?
• Will it matter if employees work in a high-risk work environment are vaccinated?
• What does this mean for the future of vaccines? Will the government step in and mandate vaccinations at work?