For City of Toronto employees, it still looks like it’s going to be either a scary Christmas or an unhappy New Year.

Staff who are currently suspended for non-compliance with the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy will also remain suspended until the week of Jan. 2 at which point they will be “terminated for cause if they are not compliant with the policy (previously the deadline was Dec. 13).”

One City of Toronto employee said: “This doesn’t make our Christmas any happier. Now we won’t be fired two weeks before Christmas but two weeks after.”