Court Finds Sask. Refinery Justified in Firing 2 Workers Who Refused to Follow COVID Testing Policy

Positive (L) and negative COVID-19 antigen rapid tests are pictured in Calgary, Alberta, on Jan. 4, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

A Saskatchewan court has determined a Regina oil refinery was justified in firing two employees who refused to comply with the company’s COVID-19 testing policy.

Dallas Shuparski and Ward Rubin refused to comply with the 2021 workplace policy at Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Ltd. (CCRL) in Regina. They were fired in January of 2022.