The owner of Pimlico Plumbers said he would not offer a job to anyone who had not been vaccinated. Given that the general working population have not yet been offered the vaccination, his approach is somewhat premature. However, the issue of whether employers can insist that staff take the Covid-19 vaccine when it is offered to them is one that many are starting to grapple with. There is no legal basis the government can rely on to force people to be vaccinated and people will not be forced to have a vaccine if they do not want one.
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