A 'no jab, no job' policy would be a disaster

Now that the government has announced that it will be compulsory to present a vaccine passport to enter a nightclub or other large venue from September, is it moving towards making double vaccination compulsory in the workplace too?

Yesterday foreign secretary Dominic Raab said that it would be ‘smart policy’ for companies to insist that employees working in the office are double-vaccinated. This morning, transport secretary Grant Shapps denied that the government had any plans to pass legislation to make vaccination compulsory among employees but described it as a ‘good idea’ if companies required it.

The government’s position, then, appears to be: we are not going to make it compulsory, but we are strongly encouraging businesses to ensure their staff are fully vaccinated. That is the position the government held with nightclubs before announcing that they would be legally required to ensure their customers are double-vaccinated.