Can employers demand a vaccinated workforce?

A frontline worker receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland

A frontline worker receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland Source: Getty

A court case in the United States has sparked global debate, paving the way for healthcare companies to require their employees to get vaccinated, if they want to keep their employment.


 

A global debate amid the pandemic has taken a new twist ((intensified)), over whether employers should be able to force their health care staff to be vaccinated.

 

In the United States, a judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit by more than a hundred workers.

 

They attempted to sue a Houston hospital for issuing them with what they saw as an unfair ultimatum: take the COVID-19 vaccine or lose your job.

 

That ruling could encourage employers around the world to make the vaccine mandatory for all their healthcare workers.



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