While gamblers who frequent its casinos must be vaccinated, Loto-Québec has no plans to force its employees to do the same.
The Crown corporation does not know the vaccination coverage rate of its employees but estimates that it is similar to the general population.
“It’s a sensitive subject, as we can see everywhere, and the employer doesn’t have all the mechanisms to impose it,” said Loto-Québec president and CEO Jean-François Bergeron, as the provincial gaming company released its first quarter results.
For now, Bergeron is deferring to public health guidelines. He does not intend to ask the government to allow Loto-Québec to impose the vaccination passport on its employees who work in its casinos, which reopened in mid-June.
