The federal government will consider whether to include booster shots in the next version of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its workers, the Treasury Board said as it reviews the rules.
The government must review the need for the policy, which currently requires federal public servants to get two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or face unpaid leave, after six months.
"Any decisions will be based on science and the advice of public health officials," Mona Fortier, president of the Treasury Board, said in a statement Monday. More than 98 per cent of federal public workers have attested that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with two doses as of March 28.Vaccination rates in the general population are similarly high, at about 90 per cent for those 18 years or older as of March 27. But uptake of boosters has been slower, at just 57 per cent.
"As provinces ease restrictions, the employer must do the same and allow members on Leave Without Pay to come back to work," the PIPSC said in a statement. PSAC also filed grievances against the policy in December 2021, on behalf of Treasury Board employees who work remotely, and earlier this month for Canada Revenue Agency employees who work from home.
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