Vaccination & Remote Work Issues for Employers

Join the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce and Shane Buchanan, Employment Lawyer with MLT Aikins LLP to learn about Vaccination & Remote Work Issues for Employers.

Session Outline

1) Vaccinations
• Can employers require employees to advise if they have been vaccinated – or require proof of vaccination?
• Can employers require new hires and/or current employees to be vaccinated?
• If employers cannot require new hires and employees to be vaccinated, what other measures can employers take with respect to vaccinations?
     - Other types of vaccination policies
     - Encouraging vaccinations
     - Imposing safety measures such as physical distancing, masks, hand hygiene, etc.
     - Implementing rapid tests
• On what grounds could an employee refuse to be vaccinated?
• Can employees refuse to work with colleagues who are not vaccinated?
• Can businesses require customers to show proof of vaccination?

2) Return to Work
• Can employees refuse to return to the office and insist on working from home?
• Discussion of work from home policies

Presenter:
Shane Buchanan
Labour & Employment Litigation
MLT Aikins LLP

With a background in human resources, Shane provides an understanding of the issues faced by business leaders and provides practical solutions to all areas of labour and employment law.

Shane is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. During law school, he served as a team captain of the Huskies Football team and vice-president of the Huskies Athletics Committee. He previously worked as a law student for a world-leading potash company where he focused on labour and employment law and assisted in a merger between two agriculture companies that resulted in the creation of the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. He also has experience working for one of the world’s largest uranium producers.