PANDEMIC PAPERWORK Vaccination Attestations Becoming a Common Demand By Barbara Carss PANDEMIC PAPERWORK is b e com i ng more volu m i nous for commercial landlords as a growing list of influential tenants ask for proof that building personnel have two valid COVID-19 vaccinations, but industry insiders suggest it’s in line with health and safety obligations that are already well understood. Building owners/ managers should be acutely aware of their duty of care for occupants, visitors and even trespassers on their properties,
and have due diligence in place to ensure contractors and sub-contractors know the rules and their responsibilities. “Most office owners that I know have required all of their on-site management and maintenance staff such as janitorial, security and other external contractors to be fully vaccinated,” observes Michael Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of REALPAC, which counts many of Canada’s largest commercial real estate companies and investment managers
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among its membership. “It’s not a surprise that tenants are calling on landlords to confirm this, and the anticipation of this [tenants’ demands] is why so many building owners are pre-emptively requiring it of their staff and suppliers.” The Canadian government is one of those tenants. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has instructed the landlords of all buildings where it holds leases to submit attestations by October 29 certifying that all building
