Care homes may have to close due to 'no jab, no job' policy, unions warn

Care workers will have to have to be fully vaccinated by November 11 to keep working in the sector

The Government is insisting any carer who has not been inoculated will not be able to look after the elderly and the disabled. Public service trade union Unison has called the vaccine policy a ‘massive distraction’ from what the care sector really needs.General secretary Christina McAnea said: ‘Vaccination remains the way out of the pandemic, but coercing and bullying people can never be the right approach.

‘The Government must scrap the “no jab, no job” rule now. Widespread care home closures could be the consequence if they ignore the warnings.The Government predicts that they will lose about 68,000 carers because of the mandate in the worst-case scenario

If they all walk out, see what happens then!

Surely this is against human rights?

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‘No jab no job’ policy risks staffing crisis in care homes, union warnsWorkers have only days left to get first jab in order to meet deadline Not to mention the moral aspect of forcing someone to take a vaccine that could kill you If there’s not enough staff to look after the elderly, expect to see a reduction in the amount of elderly people to be looked after, by putting them to sleep (& blame it on the covid) - as happened in April 2020 Alternative headline: 'no jab, no job' policy protects the vulnerable from selfish people.
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