Hundreds of Alberta Healthcare Workers Impacted By Vaccine Mandates File Grievances For Compensation (and win)
A recent grievance representing 260 Alberta health care workers has gone through binding arbitration to determine compensation eligibility for those impacted by their employer’s vaccine requirements.
While 1650 Alberta Health Services employees were sent home on unpaid leave, some were forced to work from home and others were allowed to continue to work onsite but were forced to pay for their own rapid testing. In this decision, 95 of the 260 employees were determined to be eligible for compensation payments of $5000 each, with another ‘few dozen’ being reimbursed for receipts for rapid tests. Those who were forced to work from home will be “made whole,” according to the ruling. Payouts for these individuals are expected to vary widely and have yet to be determined.
Many more payouts are expected.