Nova Scotia is extending the Nov. 30 deadline by eight weeks for public service employees within the province to point out proof of vaccination.
Authorities spokeswoman Heather Fairbairn says workers have been knowledgeable final week that any employee who’s partially vaccinated by Nov. 15 and who intends to get a second dose can have one other eight weeks to get one.
Staff who fail to get vaccinated threat being pressured on unpaid administrative go away.
Fairbairn says workers with a single dose of vaccine could also be topic to short-term well being and security measures earlier than they’re absolutely vaccinated.
The extension to the vaccine mandate additionally applies to workers within the well being and schooling departments.
The federal government hasn’t launched knowledge on what number of public sector employees threat being positioned on go away for not getting vaccinated.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 3, 2021.
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