A recent ruling by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has found a workplace mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy to be unlawful, ordering that an employee’s dismissal for refusing to get the jab was unfair and awarding her a year’s salary as compensation.
Mandatory vaccination may still apply if an employer conducted a risk assessment which led to the conclusion that such a policy was a reasonable safety measure.
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Standard Bank and Old Mutual have dropped their Covid-19 mandatory vaccination and testing policies for all workers, months after implementing them. The CCMA has weighed in on the validity of vaccine mandates, finding in one test case that they are unlawful. Standard Bank and Old Mutual.