Australian businesses are closely monitoring SPC’s decision to make it mandatory for all workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with other companies expected to follow suit
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Employees will receive paid vaccination leave to recover if they suffer any side effects from their inoculation. All staff, including casuals, must have their first dose booked by September 15 and all visitors to SPC’s site must also be vaccinated. Employees with pre-existing health conditions who are unable to receive the vaccine will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
“I don’t know how you mandate a vaccination in an environment where it is not critical. In aged care or health care there is an argument for it.” According to Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Jenny Lambert, it’s understandable that businesses are reassessing the safest course of action due to the highly contagious Delta variant.
“COVID-19 does cause illness and it does cause death,” he said. “People are entitled to go to work in the safest environment possible.” Whether the order is reasonable hinges on a number of factors, he said, such as the level of coronavirus circulating in the community, the medical condition of the worker challenging the directive, the condition of the customers being served by the business and whether the business can operate safely through measures such as social distancing.
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