No vax, no hire? Tow kays can also terminate unvaccinated workers? So bad meh?!

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Not too long ago, Business Times published an article titled, “No vax, no hire; employers can also terminate unvaccinated workers as last resort“.

If you not vaccinated and if you only read the headline, you will confirm tio shock and maybe start to cry father cry mother say the Gahmen is trying to ostracise you, just because you don’t want to pah jiam (get vaccinated).

But relax ok, don’t over-react first. Here’s a quick summary for you in case you don’t have time to read the article.

With the recent announcement that workers who are fully vaccinated employees (or have recovered from COVID-19 within the past 270 days) can return to the workplace from 1 January 2022, this will mean that the unvaccinated individuals will not be allowed to return to workplace because they are still very vulnerable and unprotected from the virus.

According to an advisory by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), unvaccinated individuals are still encouraged to work from home.

But in the event that their work cannot be done from home, this group of unvaccinated workers can still return to their workplace if they do the Antigen Rapid Test (ART) and is tested negative for COVID-19.

And of course, the test must be valid for the duration that individuals are required to be at the workplace lah.

However, the test kits must ownself buy at own expenses hor. If not, the company may have to think of ways to redeploy these unvaccinated workers to suitable jobs that can be done from home liao.

But if really bo bian because

  • the worker refused to get vaccinated,
  • the worker refused to ownself buy ART kit to test ownself,
  • the worker cannot be redeployed to work that can be done from home

Then too bad lor, your tow kay can put you on no-pay leave or terminated you with notice in accordance with the employment project.

And if you sibei stubborn, refused to disclose whether you are vaccinated or not, your tow kay also can treat you as unvaccinated one hor.

In such cases whereby you cannot turn up at your workplace to perform what you are tasked to do, then like that is not considered as wrongful dismissal liao.

But if you suspect your tow kay anyhow pok you, not because of your vaccination status, you still can go and file a claim for mediation with the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) or look for your union to help you settle your problem with your tow kay one ok.

How to know if your towkay luan-luan pok you, “force” you to quit?

 

So, the bottom line is, faster go and pah jiam lah if you haven’t already done so.


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