As access to COVID-19 booster doses is expanded across Canada, some companies with vaccination mandates are having conversations about whether the additional doses will be a requirement for employees.
Much of that hinges on discussions underway at the federal level over whether the definition of "fully vaccinated" may expand to include another dose.
That is leaving some companies with vaccination policies in limbo.
Chandos Construction, which has dozens of sites across Canada, has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
"The question is, when does the policy include boosters?" said company president Tim Coldwell.
Coldwell says the company will keep a close ear to what different levels of government say.
"We've taken a view [that] the federal government and the provincial government's definition of 'fully vaccinated' is what we're going to go with. Today that's two shots and at some point in the future it might be three," said Coldwell.
"When that occurs, we'll require that."
Currently, a person is considered fully vaccinated if they have two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
However, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is reviewing emerging evidence that suggests a third shot should be considered part of the "primary series" — that a person shouldn't be considered fully vaccinated until they've had three doses of an mRNA vaccine.
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