In the case of Van Hee v Glenmore Inn Holdings Ltd., 2023 ABCJ 244, Justice L.L. Burt of the Alberta Court of Justice the Court held that an employer was justified in unilaterally placing an employee on an unpaid leave of absence due to their failure to comply with the employer s COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Court concluded that the unpaid leave was not a constructive dismissal. The Court s decision further affirms the use of mandatory vaccination policies in the employment and pandemic context.
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The apex court has called the policy arbitrary and illogical.
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The Supreme Court has termed the Centre’s COVID-19 vaccination policy as ‘prima facie arbitrary and illogical’. The policy allowed free doses of vaccine to the concerned groups in the first two phases, and now states and private hospitals have been left to acquire vaccines for people in the age group of 18-44 years.

The top court made several important observations in the suo motu case on managing COVID-19, asking the Centre why the Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the budget to buy vaccines cannot be used to provide jabs for free.
The apex court also posed several questions to the Centre on the need for mandatory registration on CoWIN app, and the differential treatment of people based on age groups for vaccination.
According to the petitioner, numerous states, including Kerala, are up in arms objecting to the mechanism.
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KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on two pleas, challenging its discriminatory COVID-19 vaccination policy .
M K Muneer, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala assembly, in his plea, alleged that Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy issued by the Centre was violative of Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.
It was also contrary to the provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and consequent National Disaster Management Plan, 2019 (NDMP), he alleged.