Pressure is mounting on ministers to outlaw “no jab, no job” policies being implemented by companies, amid warnings firms could be hit by a wave of legal action due to claims of discrimination. So far the government has only said care home workers in England must be fully vaccinated, with a consultation under way on whether to extend this to NHS staff. And that’s in no one’s interest.”Susan Harris, GMB legal director, said: “The way to increase vaccine take-up among workers is to educate and reassure them. Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbing, defending having already initiated a policy of insisting staff were fully jabbed, saying he “believed in people’s safety”. “This is for new people coming on,” he said, adding it had only hit a “very small minority of people”.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2021 16:48 UTC