Employees of the Purolator courier company are preparing to sue their employer over its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, after a cease and desist letter was dismissed by the company.
A group of hundreds of unionized and non-unionized employees will be seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages from Purolator, says a May 6 statement from the prospective plaintiffs obtained by The Epoch Times.
Purolator’s vaccination policy required employees to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 1 and technically offers medical and conscience exemptions, but the group of employees alleges all accommodation requests have been denied so far.
Non-compliant employees were placed on unpaid leave on Jan. 10 after a grace period where testing could be used as an alternative, which led to some taking early retirements or finding work elsewhere, the statement says.
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