In brief
Following on from part one of our two-part virtual mini-series “Back in the office: The evolving debate on vaccine mandates, and other Covid-safe measures”, in part two, Stephen Ratcliffe and Richard Cook dissect two particularly thorny issues that employers are currently dealing with in relation to the return to the office: reluctant returners and tensions surrounding vaccinations and the wearing of masks.
Stephen and Richard discuss a number of points relating to these themes, including: the importance of conducting a risk assessment to ensure compliance with your Covid-secure measures; handling flexible working requests for workers who live with the clinically vulnerable to Covid, as well as potential indirect associative discrimination claims from this group and; the arguments around potential philosophical belief discrimination when considering mask or vaccine mandates for the workplace.
