A contractor has changed its policy after drawing criticism for telling a Surrey, B.C., hospital worker to change out of the shirt she'd warn in tribute to the children found buried at the Kamloops Residential School.
SURREY, B.C. -- A contractor has changed its policy after drawing criticism for telling a Surrey, B.C., hospital worker to change out of the outfit she'd worn in tribute to the children found buried at the Kamloops Residential School.
"She pulled me aside and said, 'You have to change,'" she said. "I explained to her what the shirt was, and she said, 'It's inappropriate, you’ve got to change.'" "We understand and sympathize with the pain the community is experiencing and recognize this could have been handled in a more supportive way."
Collom said Aramark has now revised its policy to allow employees to wear "orange shirts over their uniforms and can display the support buttons provided by the hospital." The Fraser Health Authority said it has also told Aramark their employees "can be supported to wear orange shirts as long as all appropriate infection prevention and control measures are followed."
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