Ontario Hospital Workers

• Unions want Ontario to reverse hospital COVID policy that allows sick people to work

  "We're asking the province to reconsider and to scrap this policy and to look at the alternatives."

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2022
  
• Asymptomatic Ontario hospital workers exposed to COVID need not isolate if they test negative

  The Ontario government has made the recommendation in an effort to safeguard hospital staffing levels as COVID-19 cases surge due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2021
  
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• Ontario will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers

  "We will continue to monitor the situation in our hospitals very closely and take additional action if warranted," the province said Wednesday.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2021
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• Ontario has enough hospital feedback for mandatory COVID vaccine decision, health minister says

  Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday that now enough have been submitted for the government to proceed.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2021
• Several Ontario hospitals jointly enact mandatory COVID vaccine policy; extends to new hires

  As of Sept. 7, all employees, credentialed staff, contractors, students and volunteers will have to provide proof of full vaccination or regular testing and an education session.

  Health

  Sep 1, 2021
• Ontario hospital union holds 5 minute protest to fight emergency orders

  The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, a division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, says it does not want the province's emergency order extended in its current form because it suspends their collective bargaining agreement.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2020
• Arbitrator gives Ontario hospital workers new deal, wage increase

  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says arbitrator Robert Herman has issued an arbitration award for a deal for OPSEU-represented workers at 50 hospitals in Ontario.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2014