Workers could be forced to have a COVID-19 vaccine or risk losing their jobs, with major employers not ruling out making the jab compulsory. Some of the biggest employers in Queensland have left the door open to introÂducing no jab, no pay policies for staff, as the retail sector says mass uptake of the Âvaccine might be the only way out of the COVID-normal way of life. Domino s, RACQ, UQ and Queensland s two largest local governments would not rule out requiring workers to get the COVID-19 jab yesterday, saying that they ll assess the merits of the vaccine as more information becomes available .
A future COVID-19 vaccine could become compulsory for some Australian workers, forcing them to get the jab or lose their job. Following Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce s comments that international passengers would require the vaccine to travel, Australians have been asking who else can enforce this rule. Qantas declined to comment on any employee policies in the works, with a spokesman saying we re still pretty much in the early days of this . Other major employers contacted by News Corp Australia, including Virgin Australia Group, Woolworths, Bunnings Warehouse, PwC, Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Government s Department of Social Services, had also not yet made a decision regarding staff vaccinations.
 Workers could be forced to have a COVID-19 vaccine or risk losing their jobs, with major employers not ruling out making the jab compulsory. Some of the biggest employers in Queensland have left the door open to introÂducing no jab, no pay policies for staff, as the retail sector says mass uptake of the Âvaccine might be the only way out of the COVID-normal way of life. Domino s, RACQ, UQ and Queensland s two largest local governments would not rule out requiring workers to get the COVID-19 jab yesterday, saying that they ll assess the merits of the vaccine as more information becomes available .
Premium Content
Subscriber only YOU do not have to look far for quality child care in the Gympie region, with more than 90 per cent of the region s services at or above the national standard. The latest rankings from the Australian Children s Education and Care Quality Authority reveal 22 of the region s 24 child care centres are meeting or exceeding Australia s national quality standards. Of these 22 centres, 14 were rated by the ACECQA as exceeding the NQS. These included: Kilkivan Kindergarten; C&K Tin Can Bay Community Kindergarten; Uniting Church Childcare Centre; Kids Bizz; Southside Kids-R-Us; Goomboorian Playalong; Family Day Care Gympie Region; Gunalda and District; Alma St Pre-prep; Kitiwah Place; Goodstart Early Learning; Mykindy at Victory; C&K Gympie South; and Jones Hill Koala Kids.