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# Vaxhole of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/vaxhole-of-the-day-7/
- Published: 2021-10-15T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-16T08:22:26.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Business, COVID-19, Featured, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

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.”  
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> Barton was a regulator for the Department of Labour for 10 years before becoming involved with the forum.  
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> He said the virus was deadly and highly contagious, and would get into a workplace if entrance was allowed for non-vaccinated people.  
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> \[…\] **The line had not yet been tested on what constituted reasonable health and safety grounds**  
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> While some had questioned whether mandatory vaccination would be a breach of the [Bill of Rights Act](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/DLM224792.html?ref=goodoil.news) 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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> Stuff

[Read the article in full here.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126700053/covid19-significant-number-of-businesses-plan-to-mandate-vaccinations-survey-shows?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*