With the national state of disaster now behind us, employers who have implemented vaccination requirements at their workplaces may find their policies challenged by employees, on the basis that they are no longer legally permissible.
This is considering the fact that such policies were implemented in line with the Consolidated Direction on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in Certain Workplaces , which automatically ceased to be in force and effect when the state of disaster ended, says legal firm Bowmans.
The measures that employers are required to take to comply with this duty are detailed in the various regulations published under the OHSA. Regulation 10 specifically provides that, where reasonably practicable, such control measures must include, amongst others,for those employees who are not immune to the HBA to which they are exposed.
This Code is a guideline in interpreting ‘an employment law’ . The Code echoes the provisions regarding vaccination policies that existed in terms of the OHS Direction. Proof that employees have been informed of the results of the risk assessment, given an opportunity to comment on those results, and have been notified of the contents of the plan/policy, including the obligation to be vaccinated.A vaccine requirement must be supported by sound scientific evidence. It is accordingly advisable for employers to obtain such advice.
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