Description: An arbitrator has ruled that members of the B.C. Health Sciences Association must get a flu shot or wear masks during flu season.

Source: CBC

Date: 10/24/2013

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-health-care-workers-must-wear-mask-or-have-flu-shot-1.2223888

Related links:

• CTV story
• Globe and Mail story
• Column from the Tyee online magazine
• Earlier story
• HSA news release

Questions for discussion:

• Briefly summarize the events that led to this decision.
• Why did the arbitrator conclude that the requirement to have a flu shot or wear a mask was a reasonable policy?
• What effect will this have on health-care workers?
• Do you agree with this decision? Discuss.
• If you were a health-care worker, would you get the flu shot or wear a mask? Why?