Toronto extends deadline for city staff to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status
CBC
Toronto has extended the deadline for its employees to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status to the city until Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.
About 37,000 city employees were initially required to report their vaccination status to the city by the end of Monday, but the city has moved that date until this Friday to accommodate employees who are not near computers on a daily basis or who do not have ready access to computers. City spokesperson Brad Ross said more than half of city employees have reported their vaccination status. Employees can report using a smart phone, he added. "The city policy is quite clear. You must be fully vaccinated to work for the City of Toronto," Ross said on Monday. "If you do not comply with the policy, the city does have the right to progressive discipline up to and including dismissal." Ross said the city would prefer not to dismiss employees because of their vaccination status and would prefer that employees get vaccinated. He said it will look at situations on a case by case basis. "We want people to get themselves vaccinated to protect themselves and protect everybody around them so that we can once and for all get out of this pandemic," Ross said. On its website, the city said: "Proof means documentation verifying receipt of a vaccination series approved by Health Canada or the World Health Organization."
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