No Back Pay for Civil Servants on Unpaid Leave for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine, Say Feds

Infrastructure and Communities Minister and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc makes an announcement on ending vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, transportation workers, and federal employees, in Ottawa on June 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle

Civil servants who refused vaccination for COVID-19 will not be compensated for months of unpaid leave, the federal government has said.

On June 14, the government announced it would suspend its vaccine requirements for travel and federal workplaces but would reinstate them later if necessary. According to the new rules, unvaccinated RCMP members and civil servants who faced an October 6, 2021 deadline for vaccination, could be back on the job on June 20.