Can an employer force you to have a COVID vaccination?

Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 4:22 a.m.

There's a delicate debate when it comes to balancing the rights of the individual and the community in a public health crisis.While everyone has a right to bodily integrity, meaning medical treatment can't be given without consent, companies do have grounds to mandate vaccinations as a condition of employment.Dr. Maria O'Sullivan, senior lecturer in law at Monash University, spoke to the Two Murrays about this legal and ethical minefield. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.