標題: Coronavirus: 'No jab, no job' policies may be legal for new staff [打印本頁] 作者: geemong 時間: 2021-2-19 13:42 標題: Coronavirus: 'No jab, no job' policies may be legal for new staff
Coronavirus: 'No jab, no job' policies may be legal for
new staff
It may be legal for companies to insist on new staff being vaccinated as a condition
of their employment, the justice secretary has said.
However, Robert Buckland said it was unlikely bosses could make existing workers
have vaccines under their current contracts.
Downing Street has said it would be "discriminatory" to order people to be vaccinated
to keep their job.
But some firms say they will not hire new staff who refuse to have the jab.
In an interview with ITV on Wednesday, Mr Buckland said compelling new staff to be
inoculated could, in theory, be possible if it was written into their contracts.
However, employers would probably need to take legal action if existing staff refused
such an order, he said.
"I think that has to be the case because we're dealing with existing terms of contracts
of employment, thousands of existing contracts,” he said.
He added that the legality of “no jab, no job” would depend “very much on the terms
of employment and the particular contract”.
"Generally speaking I'd be surprised if there were contracts of employment existing
now that did make that approach lawful. I think frankly the issue would have to be
tested.”
