Compulsory teacher vaccinations introduced
Private education provider Curro will require all staff to be vaccinated by the end of the year.
‘The Department of Education sent out a formal communication that they are moving towards making it mandatory for employees to be vaccinated. So, based on that, and as a responsible employer, one has to do a risk assessment to determine where the product you offer fits in,’ Curro CEO Andries Greyling told Fin24.
‘We are working with human capital. So, we are responsible to make sure we limit our risk. We attended a lot of workshops regarding various labour laws for the way forward. On Tuesday our board decided that vaccination will be mandatory. The process will start now of consulting with staff who are not vaccinated.’
He added that teachers had the opportunity to be vaccinated during July and the bulk did so.
‘Now we will consult with those who did not get vaccinated. If they're not willing to accept that the Covid-19 vaccination is now mandatory to create a safe teaching and learning space, then as an employer we are allowed to consider our options, which may include retrenchments,’ said Greyling.
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