COVID-19 vaccinations open up to more and more Manitobans, some may be wondering if their decision to get vaccinated — or not — might affect their employment.Benjamin Hecht, a partner at Winnipeg’s Pitblado with decades of labour and employment law experience, told 680 CJOB that businesses requiring their employees to get the vaccine would be an unprecedented step — something he hasn’t seen anywhere in Canada so far.Employers, he said, can do the right thing by providing all the tools necessary to support their workers while they get the shot.“(Employers could say) ‘We will give you the time off to get the vaccine.
If you have side effects, we will give you paid time off for a day, or a half a day, whatever it takes.’“We need people to get.