Employment lawyers say a decision on Monday to uphold the dismissal of an aged care worker who refused to get the flu shot last year should provide some reassurance to employers.
Legal advisors are receiving an influx of enquiries from small businesses about vaccine policies for offices as on-site work in the country’s two most populous states is set to resume in less than two months.
Qantas is fighting hard to not bring back thousands of jobs it outsourced during the pandemic, appealing a Federal Court case ruling that found it unlawfully sacked 2,000 ground crew in 2020.