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Can my boss make me get a COVID vaccination? Yes, but it depends on the job – The Conversation AU
Whether an employer can insist on vaccination as a condition of employment is an ambiguous legal question, as shown by two recent unfair dismissal cases.
As Australia prepares to roll out a national vaccination program aiming for a 95% uptake rate big questions remain for employers and employees.
Employers have a clear incentive to want employees vaccinated, to protect clients and co-workers as well as to avoid legal liabilities of potential workplace COVID transmissions.
But can an employer insist on vaccination as a condition of employment?
Thats an ambiguous legal question, as indicated by two recent unfair dismissal cases taken to the federal…
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