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Executive director of the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum Francois Burton

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Forum executive director Francois Barton has said that many business leaders are interested in mandating forcing the vaccine for  on their staff, but want the Government to show more support for their position take away their employee’s pesky rights before they do so to avoid legal pushback.

“The Government was quick on restrict[ing] sic freedom of movement and freedom of association, and they could go further on this compulsory vaccination and now is the time.”

Barton was a regulator for the Department of Labour for 10 years before becoming involved with the forum.

He said the virus was deadly and highly contagious, and would get into a workplace if entrance was allowed for non-vaccinated people.

[…] The line had not yet been tested on what constituted reasonable health and safety grounds

While some had questioned whether mandatory vaccination would be a breach of the Bill of Rights Act or civil liberties, there was a “growing recognition” that vaccination was a fundamental and necessary part of an effective public safety response […]

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