Arbitrator Rules Purolator Unjustly Terminated Employees Who Refused COVID Vaccines

Published on December 18, 2023

Purolator has been ordered to provide compensation to employees who were “terminated” for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine after nearly a year of arbitration, a Teamsters union has announced. Arbitrator Nicholas Glass, in a Dec. 14 decision, has ordered Purolator to compensate members of Teamsters Local Union No. 31 in Prince George, B.C., for any lost wages and benefits between Jan. 1, 2022, and their first day of work following May 1, 2023. “The COVID-19 policy at Purolator Inc. was called into question by the union, and the company was found to have unjustly terminated the employment of owner-operators and placed hourly members on unpaid leave who refused to get vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine,” said Local 31 president Stan Hennessy in a Dec. 18 letter to members....

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