As the Covid-19 vaccine rollout ramps up businesses are confused about their legal obligations to staff and customers.
Can they refuse entry to unvaccinated cliental or sack staff who do not want the jab?
Across the ditch New South Wales has confirmed it is introducing rules that will essentially make it illegal for businesses to serve unvaccinated customers once the state is 70 percent immunised.
Business owners with staff serving customers have a responsibility to keep staff safe and only accept vaccinated patrons, employment specialist Max Whitehead told Checkpoint.
“In my view they've got a responsibility to say to people, ‘you don't access our business unless you're vaccinated’.”
He said a type of vaccine passport would be essential for that – ideally electronic verification linked to the Covid app.
“This is really going to be a serious business because this is what's happening in Australia, and we've followed Australia’s health and safety rules, we've got the same law here in New Zealand.”
