Mandatory Vaccinations In The Workplace

Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of Health and Safety and hygiene and disease prevention in the workplace.  There has been a huge increase in infection control technology that used to be confined to hospitals that is now increasingly being deployed in the workplace to make it safe. And now, along with all of the measures which have already been implemented by employers, to address the risk of Covid-19 in the workplace, the question arises as to what involvement, if any, employers can and/or should have in the country's vaccination programme which has commenced.  In particular, questions arise around whether or not employers can mandate vaccination amongst their workforce.

For businesses that want staff to get back to work, and open up, much of the push for mandatory vaccination will come from their own employees, who may view vaccination of the workforce as a pre-requisite to returning to the workplace .