Get vaccinated or don’t come back: Can employers compel employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19? Niki Southern writes for HR Magazine

Niki Southern, Partner in our Employment Law team, writes for HR Magazine. Niki discusses the news of the COVID 19 vaccine, a potential light at the end of the tunnel.

Given the potential benefits in terms of limiting infection at work, employers may lean towards firm encouragement (or even requirement) that employees vaccinate. In this article, Niki considers the risks of such an approach.  

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Niki often acts in complex cases requiring her to navigate overlapping issues such as equal pay, discrimination, harassment, sickness absence, performance and misconduct.

She has particular experience of representing employers and employees in the higher education, retail, media, professional and financial sectors.