The government is seeking views from the public on whether to bring in a policy prohibiting older adult care homes from using staff, including agency staff and volunteers, who have not received a COVID-19 vaccination, unless they are medically exempt. Vaccine refusal based on ethical or religious objections will not be exempt.
Under the proposals, the care home will be responsible for checking the vaccination status of their staff, and breaches could mean civil or criminal penalties from the CQC (Care Quality Commission).
This will almost certainly give the care home protection from discrimination claims, which has been the concern of care homes to date given the high proportion of people of colour on staff who have a higher rate of vaccine hesitancy.
The consultation is open until 21 May and there is a public survey you can complete with your views – the link’s in the notes below. This video gives more information on whether your employer can dismiss you if you refuse the coronavirus vaccine. I’m barrister Daniel Barnett. Thank you for watching.
LINKS
Information – [ Ссылка ]
Public Survey - [ Ссылка ]
MY BOOKS
Employment Law Handbook - [ Ссылка ]
Resolving Grievances - [ Ссылка ]
Constructive Dismissal - [ Ссылка ]
Employee Investigations - [ Ссылка ]
Deconstructing TUPE - [ Ссылка ]
All small books - [ Ссылка ]
FREE STUFF
Employment law updates - [ Ссылка ]
Employer’s guide to redundancy - [ Ссылка ]
Podcast - [ Ссылка ]
Sources of free legal advice (video) - [ Ссылка ]
Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - [ Ссылка ]
PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES:
Virtual Employment Law Academy - [ Ссылка ]
The HR Inner Circle - [ Ссылка ]
HR Policies - [ Ссылка ]
Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - [ Ссылка ]
Getting Redundancy Right - [ Ссылка ]
Changing Terms and Conditions course - [ Ссылка ]
Marketing your Employment Law Practice - [ Ссылка ]
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com
WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website ([ Ссылка ]) and work out of a set of Chambers in London ([ Ссылка ]). I have a weekly podcast ([ Ссылка ]) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about fifteen legal textbooks (the main one is [ Ссылка ]) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals ([ Ссылка ]). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio ([ Ссылка ]), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station, at 9pm every Saturday night.
CONTACT ME:
If you’d like to talk, I’d love to hear from you.
Twitter / X: [ Ссылка ]
Mailing list: [ Ссылка ]
Podcast: [ Ссылка ]
Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above
Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (April 2021), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
PS: Some of the links in this description are to my own products or are affiliate links that I get a commission from.
