Federal government suspends vaccine mandates for transportation workers and federal employees

2022-12-14T07:55:16-05:00June 15th, 2022|Categories: Bargaining Updates, COVID-19|Tags: , , , , , |

On June 14th, the federal government announced that effective June 20th, it will suspend vaccination requirements for federally regulated transportation sectors, federal government employees as [...]

699 leave: Treasury Board fails to implement arbitration ruling

2022-05-25T11:41:21-04:00May 25th, 2022|Categories: Bargaining Updates, COVID-19, PSAC|Tags: |

Since the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board ruled in favour of public service workers regarding the use of the 699 leave last March, Treasury [...]

Temporary changes to 699 leave; PSAC policy grievance decisions expected in January

2022-12-14T07:55:16-05:00December 22nd, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, PSAC|Tags: |

A decision is expected by late January 2022 on PSAC’s policy grievances defending the use of 699 leave for federal public service workers during the pandemic. PSAC presented its case against Treasury Board [...]

Debate Over the Charter of Rights and Freedoms versus Vaccine Mandates in Canada

2021-11-12T12:53:25-05:00November 12th, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Health and safety|Tags: |

Various announcements have been made recently regarding vaccination mandates at the federal level and in some provinces. In many cases, these mandates have implications for [...]

Mandatory Vaccination Requirements for COVID-19 — Federally Regulated Transportation Sector and Its Travellers

2022-12-14T08:41:27-05:00October 29th, 2021|Categories: COVID-19|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Recently, UCTE responded in an article on our website to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for CPA as well as to important published information on Federal [...]

Federal and Provincial Vaccination Policies and Human Rights in Canada

2021-10-27T14:02:52-04:00October 20th, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Health and safety, Human rights, PSAC|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Several federal and provincial communications recently were published on the government and human rights websites of respective provinces. The situation as regards COVID-19 has evolved [...]

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