Toronto-Dominion Bank joined financial firms including Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley in requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the office.
Employees of the Toronto-based bank will be asked to register their vaccination status by Sept. 30, according to a memo sent to staff Friday.
“We believe that the majority of TD colleagues have already been vaccinated. This is great news,” Kenn Lalonde, chief human resources officer, said in the memo. “However, Covid-19 remains with us and the delta variant, which is far more contagious, is spreading in our communities, primarily to those who are unvaccinated.”
Any Toronto-Dominion staff still not vaccinated by Nov. 1, or who have not disclosed their vaccination status, will be required to complete training about the benefits of vaccination, submit to mandatory Covid-19 rapid testing and wear a mask at all times.
--With assistance from Kevin Orland.
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