Employers likely to use CCMA ruling to dismiss unvaxxed employees - experts

Employers likely to use CCMA ruling to dismiss unvaxxed employees – experts

An assistant butcher at national meat supplier Eskort Limited, who defied Covid-19 regulations and went to work even though he had tested positive for the virus, has been dismissed.

In what has been seen as the first South African case of a dismissal of an anti-vaccine employee, labour experts were unanimous in their response to the hearing outcome – that it was set to be used by employers in dealing with workers resisting vaccination.