Hamilton Health Sciences terminates 178 workers as part of mandatory staff vaccination policy
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) issued 138 more termination notices on Thursday to staffers who did not comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy.On Wednesday, a deadline for all staff and physicians to report their vaccination status passed as of midnight.In all, the hospital has fired 178 workers under the policy with 40 others having been dismissed in December.All staff are now required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with some “limited exceptions.”“Each of these individuals has been provided ample time to comply with the policy and have decided against doing so,” HHS said in a statement.
Over 95% of staff at Hamilton’s hospitals vaccinated with deadlines less than a month away Affected staffers were warned through notices sent out by the network in early December 2021.
The messages outlined how employees could retain their jobs by getting a second dose on or before Jan. 12 and becoming fully vaccinated by Jan.
26.As of Friday, the network says less than five workers have a medical exemption and 169 were reported to have declined vaccination.“These individuals worked in both clinical and non-clinical roles across our hospital,” the hospital’s statement said“More than 60 per cent were part-time or casual.
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