Vast majority of federal public servants comply with mandatory vaccination policy

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says 95.3 per cent of federal public servants have indicated they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

She says another 2.7 per cent of the roughly 268,000 employees of the core federal public service say they have been partially immunized.

Fortier says 1.2 per cent -- or about 3,150 public servants -- are requesting exemptions, which are being assessed on a case-by-case basis by each federal department.

She says 0.5 per cent have declared they are unvaccinated and 0.3 per cent have so far not attested to their vaccination status, which they were supposed to do by Oct. 29.

Under a policy announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month, federal employees who refuse to disclose their vaccination status or refuse to be immunized will be placed on administrative leave without pay as soon as Nov. 15.