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A debate that will run for some time - can employers refuse to hire new employees who have not had their Covid-19 vaccination? Probably ultimately yes, but care will need to be taken to avoid potential discrimination issues - currently, for example, this approach would be difficult to justify as younger people have no access to the jab. But when the vaccine becomes freely available, we may see this become a standard requirement save where pre-existing medical conditions dictate otherwise.
The position for existing employees who can't or won't have the jab is more difficult for employers to address and the circumstances in which it will be reasonable for an employer to require an existing employee to have the vaccine are likely, at least for now, to be limited.
Coronavirus: 'No jab, no job' policies may be legal for new staff Published4 hours agocommentsComments Share Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES 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. Plumbing firm to make workers get vaccinations TV channels to show vaccine myth-busting video "I think that has to be the case because we're dealing with existing terms of contracts of employment, thou...
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