9 Ontario Nurses Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccines Should Be Reinstated, Arbitrator Rules

9 Ontario Nurses Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccines Should Be Reinstated, Arbitrator Rules
A health-care worker fills a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in a file image. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Chandra Philip
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Nine Ontario nurses who were fired for not getting a double dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could be getting their jobs back after an arbitrator determined their termination was “unreasonable.”

“They should have been offered the option of an unpaid leave of absence and must, therefore, be reinstated as Quinte employees if that be their wish,” James Hayes wrote in his March 1 decision.