Fair Work Commission Upholds Dismissal of ‘Anti-Vax’ Aged Care Worker Who Refused Flu Shot

A nurse administers a flu vaccination shot to a woman at a free clinic held at a local library in Lakewood, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Australian Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision to uphold the dismissal of Jennifer Kimber, an aged care receptionist, who refused the influenza vaccination was likened to a “system of medical apartheid,” a commissioner said.

In April 2021, FWC rejected Kimber’s application for unfair dismissal after ruling the dismissal was not “harsh, unjust, or unreasonable,” a decision that was upheld on Sept. 27.