The Government of Saskatchewan has taken action to prevent employers from being sued for taking measures contained in the Public Employer COVID-19 Emergency Regulation or the Employer COVID-19 Emergency Regulation .
The Saskatchewan Employment Act was amended on Tuesday to say that “no act or procedure is fraudulent or will be initiated or maintained against an employer” if that employer has willing to comply with the above provisions.
Labor Relations Secretary Don Morgan said: “That is being done generally across North America, adding that the law is not just limited to vaccination mandates for employees.
“That’s the general thing that would include anything related to COVID-19 – signage, lack of signage, anything else that could reasonably arise from it. The threshold is that they must act in good faith.”
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Morgan said the changes did not respond to any specific legal challenge.
“We are not trying to target a specific lawsuit that has already been initiated or is at stake,” he said.
“But we know that COVID-19 vaccines, etc., are a worldwide problem right now and we want to be able to encourage our employers to feel comfortable that they won’t be sued. .”
The action comes through an amendment to the Saskatchewan Employment Act, which received royal assent on Tuesday.
The law applies regardless of when a perceived violation may have occurred.
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