OCLA Executive Director Joseph Hickey was previously employed by the Bank of Canada as a Data Scientist.
Hickey was placed on unpaid leave without benefits in November 2021 for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. In March 2022, Hickey filed an extensive internal appeal of the Bank’s denial of his request for an accommodation to continue working from home.
Hickey’s appeal submission is here: https://ocla.ca/data-scientist-files-internal-appeal-of-bank-of-canadas-mandatory-vaccination-policy/
A media article about Hickey’s appeal was published by the Western Standard on March 23, 2022: https://archive.ph/vwCV1
In October 2022, Hickey and the Bank mutually agreed to resolve all outstanding issues and end the employment relationship, to the satisfaction of both sides.
