EI justified in denying benefits to man fired for not getting COVID vaccine, court rules

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EI justified in denying benefits to man fired for not getting COVID vaccine, court rules
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\u0027(He) will find this result frustrating, because my reasons do not deal with the fundamental legal, ethical, and factual questions.\u0027

against him, saying the reason for his firing met the EI law’s definition of misconduct. The term means only that someone consciously defied an employer’s policies, even if there was no “malicious intent,” the court said.fired for refusing to be vaccinated have appealed subsequent decisions to refuse them EI benefits, too. The large majority of cases heard by the federal Social Services Tribunal have gone against the employees.

The former employee of Lakeridge Health, which operates several hospitals in cities just east of Toronto, could not be reached for comment.Vaccine mandates increased uptake of COVID shots by almost 70%, Canadian study finds In his appeals, including to the Federal Court, Cecchetto argued his rights had been violated based on his medical choices, interference with his bodily integrity and the fact he had refused consent for medical treatment. He also alleged that Lakeridge did not properly explain the disciplinary consequences of its COVID policy, the decision said.

The judge noted, though, that many other COVID-related cases have considered such rights questions, with others still in the works. But there have been some exceptions in cases that dealt with narrower issues around how the mandates were imposed, he said. In one

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