'NO JAB, NO JOB? NOT SO SIMPLE

摘要

Charlie Mullins from Pimlico Plumbers might just have been chasing publicity again when he announced that he would be imposing a 'No jab, no job' rule on his staff; but he has nonetheless raised an issue which almost all employers who send staff to work in people's homes must surely have been considering over recent weeks. The question of whether to insist staff have a vaccine obviously raises several layers of ethical and employment rights questions. I suspect it will be several months, if not years, before there is a definitive answer. However, in the meantime, we're all facing an increasingly urgent need to formulate a policy which protects our workforce's rights but also responds to the inevitable requests we're going to get from clients, residents and homeowners that we do all we can to keep them safe.