In finding that the dismissal was justified, the authority rejected the applicant’s argument that their stance on vaccination “does not impact any other person in the workplace”.
The authority held that this was unsustainable given that every employee has an obligation under the Health and Safety at Work Act to take “reasonable care that his or her acts, or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of others”. — Susan Hornsby-Geluk
Anyone working in healthcare or education that is not fully vaccinated after 1 Dec & 1 Jan will not longer be employed. It won't be difficult to manage, its the law. — E Baxter
Anyone working in healthcare or education that is not fully vaccinated after 1 Dec & 1 Jan will not longer be employed. It won't be difficult to manage, its the law. — E Baxter
I have a client who as a contractor has now been required to "show evidence" of staff being fully vaccinated in order to be on site.
My question is - should the client be collating all their employees proof of vaccination information, or is this a privacy issue and therefore the individual worker should provide that personal medical information themselves or give permission to the boss to pass it on? — Sarah Foster
Michael, are you able to elaborate a bit on what you are meaning by the impacts on the workplace?Imagine the impact on a workplace... — Michael Wilson
But what is the actual risk of death of a staff member from Covid, and actually furthermore the marginal risk (can't think of a better term, along the same lines as marginal cost) of death above contracting Covid from the general population?A death of a staff member would destroy morale.
A sick staff member would mean a full shutdown, brand damage, customer relationship damage, ability for staff to earn a living etc. — Michael Wilson
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