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Facts
The grievor was a screening officer
at Toronto s Pearson International Airport
The employer, Garda Security
Screening Inc., communicated the guidelines of a public health
policy which required employees to isolate if they are waiting for
the results of a COVID-19 test. In other words, the employee is not
to report to work if they have gone for a COVID-19 test and are
waiting for the results of that test.
On April 12, 2020 the employer was
informed by the grievor that she had tested positive for
In an important decision for employers, an arbitrator found that a unionized employee's failure to follow well-known public health guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19 was cause for termination.