Director of Lionel C. Hill Supermarket and Hill Milling Co. Ltd., Richard Ashby, has been warned to withdraw a vaccination directive issued to staff.
The caution has come from Chief Labour Officer Claudette Hope-Greenidge following Ashby’s memo that only employees who presented a certificate of vaccination would be allowed to work at the two establishments from yesterday.
Ashby had told the Weekend Nation that the action was to maintain the health and safety of staff and those with whom the company did business. He noted staff at Hill Milling were 100 per cent vaccinated and 98 per cent at the supermarket. He said those unvaccinated would not be allowed to work without a vaccination certificate, and they might return on pay day for any monies due and their termination letters.
In a letter addressed to Ashby, dated September 30, Hope-Greenidge advised that employees determined whether or not they wanted to be vaccinated or not, and were not to be discriminated against or treated unfairly because they remained unvaccinated. (RA)
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