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A celebrated lung transplant patient is urging Nova Scotia health officials to green light a fourth COVID-19 shot for him soon -- or he'll fly to Toronto and get it there.
Northwood is not forcing staff to receive the vaccine, and Stenton said he couldn’t comment on whether the facility plans to mandate this policy down the road. This legal minefield is one that’s on the forefront of many employers as they attempt to navigate this peculiar moment, labour lawyer James Green shared on Thursday. But the precedent, he admits, is still rather muddied. “There's a good argument that vaccinations policy, which require vaccinations as a condition of employment, would be upheld especially in high-risk workplaces,” Green said. But, he cautioned, this...