Last year’s plan would have seen health workers get their flu shot or be forced to wear a mask or face discipline.

The HSA launched a grievance and the province backed off at least temporarily. The issue is still before the Labour Relations Board.

Arbitration continues next month, and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall is among those waiting for the outcome. “I can’t tell you now whether there will be any sort of disciplinary components to the policy in December until we’ve got the arbitrator’s ruling.”

“The degree to which this policy can be implemented in this fall, this coming influenza season, is at present uncertain,” he adds.

Kendall and the union hope to have an arbitrator’s decision prior to the start of this year’s flu season.

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