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Not wanting to lose up to 25,000 employees in the healthcare sector, Quebec has decided to postpone its vaccine mandate until Nov. 15 instead of Oct. 15.
“When we have the potential departure of the unvaccinated staff already, we find ourselves adding undue pressure on our network and especially on the vaccinated health workers who have been at the front for months,” said Health Minister Christian Dubé.
“If we continue like this, we run into a wall.”
Even if the province accepted staff who had a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, roughly 14,000 people would be removed from their jobs, he said, and by accepting unvaccinated people in critical places, it could mean the departure of 12,000 staff.
“Therefore, we took the difficult decision… to postpone the implementation of the decree of mandatory vaccination in the health network until Nov. 15. We want to give the unvaccinated staff extra time to collect their dose.”
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Article URL : https://www.hrreporter.com/employment-law/news/quebec-delays-vaccine-mandate/360765