Dalziel said businesses can still ask employees for proof of vaccination if they have the right policies.
“If they [business] say we are going to continue with mandates, here are our health and safety reasons why, they’ve gone into consultation, they have done it in good faith and they have made the decision ‘yes we are going to carry on with the mandates’, then yes they can require employees to declare their vaccination status,” she said.
With more and more employees heading back into the office after working at home for large parts over the last two years, some might ask their boss to avoid sitting next to someone who is unvaccinated.
Dalziel said this request could be granted but it depends on who the employee is.
“If they are immunocompromised there might be some good reasons why they don’t want to sit next to them,” she said.
“The other thing I would say to that employee is, are you going to the supermarket, are you going out to other public areas, how are you managing your health situation so we can understand that for our work environment.
“So it will depend on exactly what they are doing but employers will be challenged by people who need to be social distance from people who are unvaccinated.”
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