BC Government Vaccine Order – Aug. 2021
Attention IUOE Local 882 Health Care Workers Everyone working in long-term care and assisted living facilities in British Columbia will now be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Government Health officials announced last Thursday that a new public health order will make vaccination mandatory and is a condition of employment for those working in those settings. Workers in that sector will need to be fully vaccinated by Oct.12, 2021. In the meantime, unvaccinated staff will be tested for the virus regularly.