Michael Byrnes appeared on the Sky News report, ​“Vac­cine man­date could be tip­ping point for employ­ees”, on 6 August 2021

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Sky News report, ​“Vac­cine man­date could be tip­ping point for employ­ees”, on 6 August 2021. 

As Union lead­ers are warn­ing man­dat­ing vac­cines will lead to work­ers walk­ing off the job across sev­er­al indus­tries already suf­fer­ing from staff shortages.

The pre­dic­tion comes as more employ­ers con­sid­er mak­ing the inoc­u­la­tion against COVID-19 a work­place requirement.

Work­ers in res­i­den­tial aged care have until next month to get their first dose of a vac­cine under a man­date issued by the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment, and indus­try groups say it is only a mat­ter of time until oth­er sec­tors fol­low suit.

There are con­cerns the vac­cine man­date will lead to up to 15 per cent of work­ers leav­ing the jobs.

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