NASSAU, BAHAMAS Director of Labour John Pinder said yesterday that his department received numerous complaints and inquiries from associates of Sushi Rokkan after the restaurant in Old Fort Bay Town Center reportedly advised associates of a new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy effective immediately.
“Nobody is mandated to take that,” Pinder told
Eyewitness News.
“You voluntarily decide whether you are going to take that or not. No employer has the right to force any employee to take any vaccination. That’s not law and the competent authority did not make that a part of the emergency orders, so no employer has the right to force any employee to do that.”
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With COVID-19 vaccines already being administered, many businesses feel a heightened sense of urgency and have reached out to us with questions about whether to (and how to) adopt a vaccination policy. For the last few months, employers have pondered, among other things, if they could (or should) implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released guidance that addresses this question and other common employer COVID-19 vaccine related questions. Below, we summarize some key questions we have been asked and some elements of that EEOC guidance.