Employees who declined the COVID-19 vaccine were fired by employers simply because of the “prevailing community view,” a British Columbia labour arbitrator ruled. Although divisive, he said, he considered the dismissals reasonable.
“In British Columbia the message was to stay calm, kind and safe as everyone worked to overcome the effects of the pandemic,” wrote arbitrator James Dorsey. “There were personal, intense and consequential differences about vaccination within families, friendship circles and communities,” he said.
