City of Hamilton is estimating some 300 employees will be put on unpaid leave for not meeting one of three criteria in keeping with the city’s COVID-19 vaccination verification policy.As of the beginning of November, city employees who have not provided proof of a pair of vaccine doses and not participating in bi-weekly rapid testing were told they could be sitting on the sidelines as early as Thursday.
95% of Hamilton city workers report COVID-19 vaccine status at verification deadline A spokesperson for the city says as of Wednesday afternoon about four per cent of the city’s estimated 7,500 staffers have either not proven they’re fully vaccinated, did not pick up a rapid testing kit, or for other reasons cannot comply with the.