A judge has sided with a company that imposed a mandatory COVID\u002D19 vaccination policy over the objections of one of its employees.
The decision of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather McNaughton was made in the case of a senior manager of a property management firm who had declined to get vaccinated.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Parmar and one other employee refused to be vaccinated. She objected to the policy and was put on unpaid leave. In her ruling on the case, the judge noted that the B.C. Supreme Court and other courts had taken judicial notice that COVID was a potentially deadly virus that is easily transmissible.Article content
“Tribe’s was a reasonable and lawful response to the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic based on the information that was then available to it,” said McNaughton. “The policy, as drafted, allowed for both medical and religious exemptions, neither of which were then, or are now, asserted by Ms. Parmar.”Article content