• Canadian employers, facing labor shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated

    From Michael Ejercito@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 6 06:32:45 2021
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    Canadian employers, facing labor shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated
    By Julie Gordon and Steve Scherer





    4 minute read
    A sign advertising available jobs at the Clocktower Brew Pub hangs in a
    window in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Chris
    Wattie/File Photo
    A sign advertising available jobs at the Clocktower Brew Pub hangs in a
    window in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Chris
    Wattie/File Photo

    OTTAWA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Canada's tight labor market is forcing many
    companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while
    others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even
    as Omicron variant cases rise.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government adopted one of the strictest inoculation policies in the world for civil servants and has
    already put more than 1,000 workers on unpaid leave, with thousands more
    at risk.

    Airlines, police forces, school boards and even Canada's Big Five banks
    have also pledged strict mandatory vaccine policies. But following
    through has proven less straightforward, especially as employers grapple
    with staffing shortages and workers demand exemptions.

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    Job vacancies in Canada have doubled so far this year, official data
    shows, and vaccine mandates can make filling those jobs harder,
    potentially putting upward pressure on wages. That could fuel inflation, already running at a near two-decade high.

    "It's already difficult to find staff, let alone putting in a vaccine
    mandate. You'd cut out potentially another 20%" of potential workers,
    said Dan Kelly, chief executive of the Canadian Federation of
    Independent Business.

    There are pitfalls to employing the unvaccinated. Companies run a higher
    risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and many vaccinated employees are
    uncomfortable working with those who have not had the jab, said industry
    groups and marketing experts.

    At Luda Foods, a Montreal-based soup and sauce maker, president Robert
    Eiser said he has 14 open jobs, no vaccine mandate and no plans to
    restrict new hires to the vaccinated.

    "I don't know that I want to reduce the (labor) pool, which is already
    quite low," said Eiser. "We need to attract people to meet the demand.
    If we don't, our competitors will."

    Data released on Friday underpinned Canada's tight labor market, with a
    hefty 153,700 jobs added in November. It also showed a growing mismatch
    between available workers and unfilled jobs. And job postings are far
    above pre-pandemic levels.

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    WALKING BACK

    The province of Quebec backtracked on a vaccine mandates for healthcare
    workers last month, saying they could not afford to lose thousands of unvaccinated staff. Ontario, which was also eyeing a mandate, said it
    would not go ahead.

    Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) and Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO) have both
    softened their vaccine policy to allow regular testing for workers who
    missed their Oct. 31 inoculation deadline.

    In Canada, 86% of adults are fully inoculated, though that drops under
    80% among 18-40 year olds. At least 15 cases of the new Omicron variant
    in Canada have been reported in the past week.

    John Cappelli, vice president of onsite managed services in Canada for
    global recruitment firm Adecco, said half of his clients are mandating
    vaccines with the other half allowing regular testing for the unvaccinated.

    But he expects the Omicron variant will prompt more workplaces to get
    strict on vaccination, even as they grapple with the tightest job market
    he's seen in his 25-year career.

    "We are now starting to see our first workplace (COVID-19) cases in five months," he said.

    The number of Canadian job postings on search website Indeed mentioning
    vaccine requirements has quadrupled since August.

    Reuters Graphics
    Reuters Graphics
    In the hard-hit manufacturing sector, where 77% of firms say their top
    concern is attracting and retaining workers, vaccine mandates are more rare.

    Dennis Darby, CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said most of Canada's factories have operated safely throughout the pandemic. While
    CME encourages vaccination, "some companies are still using rapid
    testing if somebody doesn't want to get vaccinated," he added.

    But companies risk a hit to their reputation if they are overt in
    efforts to tap into the unvaccinated as a labor pool, said Wojtek
    Dabrowski, managing partner at Provident Communications.

    "If you go out and say, 'We are intentionally seeking to hire
    unvaccinated people,' many customers are equating that with you being anti-science and anti-safety," said Dabrowski.

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  • From HeartDoc Andrew@21:1/5 to MichaelE on Mon Dec 6 09:52:49 2021
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    MichaelE wrote:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/ra5myi/canadian_employers_facing_labor_shortage/


    Canadian employers, facing labor shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated
    By Julie Gordon and Steve Scherer





    4 minute read
    A sign advertising available jobs at the Clocktower Brew Pub hangs in a >window in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Chris >Wattie/File Photo
    A sign advertising available jobs at the Clocktower Brew Pub hangs in a >window in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Chris >Wattie/File Photo

    OTTAWA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Canada's tight labor market is forcing many >companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while >others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even
    as Omicron variant cases rise.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government adopted one of the >strictest inoculation policies in the world for civil servants and has >already put more than 1,000 workers on unpaid leave, with thousands more
    at risk.

    Airlines, police forces, school boards and even Canada's Big Five banks
    have also pledged strict mandatory vaccine policies. But following
    through has proven less straightforward, especially as employers grapple
    with staffing shortages and workers demand exemptions.

    Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com

    Job vacancies in Canada have doubled so far this year, official data
    shows, and vaccine mandates can make filling those jobs harder,
    potentially putting upward pressure on wages. That could fuel inflation, >already running at a near two-decade high.

    "It's already difficult to find staff, let alone putting in a vaccine >mandate. You'd cut out potentially another 20%" of potential workers,
    said Dan Kelly, chief executive of the Canadian Federation of
    Independent Business.

    There are pitfalls to employing the unvaccinated. Companies run a higher
    risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and many vaccinated employees are
    uncomfortable working with those who have not had the jab, said industry >groups and marketing experts.

    At Luda Foods, a Montreal-based soup and sauce maker, president Robert
    Eiser said he has 14 open jobs, no vaccine mandate and no plans to
    restrict new hires to the vaccinated.

    "I don't know that I want to reduce the (labor) pool, which is already
    quite low," said Eiser. "We need to attract people to meet the demand.
    If we don't, our competitors will."

    Data released on Friday underpinned Canada's tight labor market, with a
    hefty 153,700 jobs added in November. It also showed a growing mismatch >between available workers and unfilled jobs. And job postings are far
    above pre-pandemic levels.

    Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics
    Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics
    WALKING BACK

    The province of Quebec backtracked on a vaccine mandates for healthcare >workers last month, saying they could not afford to lose thousands of >unvaccinated staff. Ontario, which was also eyeing a mandate, said it
    would not go ahead.

    Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) and Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO) have both >softened their vaccine policy to allow regular testing for workers who
    missed their Oct. 31 inoculation deadline.

    In Canada, 86% of adults are fully inoculated, though that drops under
    80% among 18-40 year olds. At least 15 cases of the new Omicron variant
    in Canada have been reported in the past week.

    John Cappelli, vice president of onsite managed services in Canada for
    global recruitment firm Adecco, said half of his clients are mandating >vaccines with the other half allowing regular testing for the unvaccinated.

    But he expects the Omicron variant will prompt more workplaces to get
    strict on vaccination, even as they grapple with the tightest job market
    he's seen in his 25-year career.

    "We are now starting to see our first workplace (COVID-19) cases in five >months," he said.

    The number of Canadian job postings on search website Indeed mentioning >vaccine requirements has quadrupled since August.

    Reuters Graphics
    Reuters Graphics
    In the hard-hit manufacturing sector, where 77% of firms say their top >concern is attracting and retaining workers, vaccine mandates are more rare.

    Dennis Darby, CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said most of >Canada's factories have operated safely throughout the pandemic. While
    CME encourages vaccination, "some companies are still using rapid
    testing if somebody doesn't want to get vaccinated," he added.

    But companies risk a hit to their reputation if they are overt in
    efforts to tap into the unvaccinated as a labor pool, said Wojtek
    Dabrowski, managing partner at Provident Communications.

    "If you go out and say, 'We are intentionally seeking to hire
    unvaccinated people,' many customers are equating that with you being >anti-science and anti-safety," said Dabrowski.

    The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
    the Canada/elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
    finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
    among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
    asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
    15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
    doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
    best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
    mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
    Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-replication to
    form hybrids that render current COVID
    vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.

    Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
    and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.

    So how are you ?








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