Covid 19 -

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

One of the top brass at work today mentioned that some sort of legislative change was put through a couple of days ago regarding whether private companies can query or mandate vaccination? Anyhow, this afternoon, said person started to gauge whether employees would mind to a) disclose whether they have been vaccinated b) work with someone who has not been vaccinated.

My response was No and No, provided that vulnerable employees, who can't be vaccinated for medical reasons, were allowed to work from home if they choose to.

Anyhow, I'm getting a feeling that they will go down the check and mandate route, including for visitors, purely because they are concerned that by not doing so, it would open them up to OH&S issues. Does this fall under the company's duty of care to ensure they have a safe working environment for employees?

This is a topic that all companies are going to have to deal with sooner or later.

And yes, we have had deaths of employees that caught covid at our north american offices during the initial outbreak, so the risk tolerance is pretty low.

I do believe SPC in Shepparton will be one such test case for company compulsory covid vaccination as they are demanding their workers should all be vaccinated by November this year, the unions oppose this move and it will be interesting to see if this impinges on your human rights.
I can see this being challenged on all fronts and so it should be.