The country remains in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with Jamaica having the lowest vaccination rate in the region, save for Haiti, Jamaicans are more vulnerable than most to the new Delta variant of the virus.

The epidemiologists tell us that danger will not abate until most Jamaicans are vaccinated, and that vaccinated people are far less likely to contract the virus, and infect others, than the unvaccinated are.

This has led to a burgeoning debate about vaccination in the workplace. Can an employer mandate compulsory vaccination? So far, much of the debate has surrounded principles of limited relevance. Statements have recently been made in the press about the importance of the approach taken by the International Labour Organisation, ILO; there have also been misguided statements to the effect that there being no law on the subject it means employers can mandate vaccination.

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