Fairwork Ombudsman Updates Advice for Workplace Mandatory Vaccinations

Fairwork Ombudsman Updates Advice for Workplace Mandatory Vaccinations
A health worker looks on as people sit in an observation area after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccine clinic in Lakemba, in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 8, 2021. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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The Fairwork Ombudsman (FWO) has updated its guidelines to say that employers can direct their workers to get vaccinated for the CCP virus under “lawful and reasonable” circumstances, giving businesses that operate in high-risk areas a green-light to require vaccinations for all staff.

“Whether a direction is lawful and reasonable will be fact dependent and needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis,” the Fairwork website states.