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WEBINAR RECORDING |COVID-19 Vaccines. Can employers compel employees to be vaccinated?

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WEBINAR RECORDING |COVID-19 Vaccines. Can employers compel employees to be vaccinated?

The CDH Employment Law practice and guest speaker from SAMRC hosted a webinar where they discussed the nuances that relate to mandatory workplace vaccination policies, and the considerations that employers need to take into account before implementing such policies.

28 Jan 2021 1 min read Webinar Recording Webinar

Our CDH Employment Law experts Aadil Patel, Hugo Pienaar, Imraan Mahomed together with guest speaker Senior Researcher and Public Health lawyer, Safura Abdool Karim, SAMRC / Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priceless SA | University of Witwatersrand hosted a webinar where they discussed the nuances that relate to mandatory workplace vaccination policies, and the considerations that employers need to take into account before implementing such policies.

Click here to download the Employer's Guide to Mandatory Workplace Vaccination Policies.

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