Discovery to implement mandatory vaccination policy for employees
Discovery says it intends to implement mandatory vaccination policy for its employees next year.
The vaccination policy will be effective from 1 January 2022.
Chief Executive of the Discovery group Adrian Gore says the mandatory vaccination policy will recognise employees’ rights to object to the vaccination.
“We have a built-in process to manage this including, where necessary and possible, exemptions and reasonable accommodation of employees taking into account the operational and business requirements
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“This process will consider the employee’s health, religious and other legal rights and seek to balance these with the rights of all employees across the group.
“We will do our very best to accommodate each employee as we recognise that each case is different.
"We will not follow a blanket approach but will instead use a fair and equitable process that balances the employees’ rights, the safety of our workplaces and operational requirements.”
