Category: COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Adoption of ‘No Jab, No Job’ Orders by Australian States

Commentary The Victorian state Labor government, led by Premier Daniel Andrews, adopted a tough “no jab, no job” health order to facilitate the re-opening of the state. This order, which is one of the strictest in the world, is not only controversial, but also suspect from a legal point of view. Even the World Health…


Are Australian ‘No Jab, No Job’ Orders Constitutional?

Commentary The Victorian state Labor government, led by Premier Daniel Andrews, adopted a tough “no jab, no job” health order to facilitate the re-opening of the state. This order, which is one of the strictest in the world, is not only controversial, but also suspect from a legal point of view. Even the World Health…


Griffith University in Australia Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Students, Staff

Griffith University is the first major Australian university in the state of Queensland to announce a mandatory vaccination or testing policy for all staff and students. “Our priority is to keep everyone at our university safe and we know that vaccination is the best way to do that,” the spokesperson said in a statement to…


Senate Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday narrowly voted to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the private sector. In a 52-48 vote, mainly along party lines, the Senate voted to pass a resolution of disapproval (pdf) of the rule submitted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is overseen by the Department of…


Vaccine Mandate Exacerbating Challenges Faced by Small Businesses: Small Business Advocacy Group

Small businesses across the nation have already faced labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate upon private sectors would exacerbate the situation further, according to Karen Harned, the small business legal center director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). “For months now they’ve been struggling to get enough workers…


Judge Temporarily Halts Vaccine Mandate for NYPD Employees, Other City Workers

A New York Supreme Court justice on Tuesday put on hold the city government’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, which includes all NYPD employees, pending a hearing next week. Judge Frank Nervo granted a hearing (pdf) that could lead to a restraining order against the mandate that was imposed by New York City…


COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Should Be ‘Absolute Last Resort’: WHO

Imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates should be an “absolute last resort,” the World Health Organization’s top Europe official said on Tuesday, as a growing number of countries in Europe contemplate rolling out such measures. “Mandates around vaccination are an absolute last resort and only applicable when all feasible options to improve vaccination uptake have been exhausted,”…


Father Objects LAUSD Student Vaccine Mandate on Religious Grounds

LOS ANGELES—The father of a freshman student at Granada Hills Charter has brought a legal action against the school, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly on behalf of his daughter, alleging the district’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate discriminates against the girl on religious grounds. The Los Angeles Superior Court petition filed Friday, Dec. 3,…


LAFD: 113 Firefighters Are Off-Duty Without Pay Due to Vaccination Mandate

LOS ANGELES—A total of 113 Los Angeles city firefighters have been removed from duty without pay for failing to meet the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, the fire department announced Dec. 6. The policy requires municipal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 18, and those who are not vaccinated in the meantime must submit to…


LAFD: 113 Firefighters Are Off-Duty Without Pay Due to Vaccine Mandate

LOS ANGELES—A total of 113 Los Angeles city firefighters have been removed from duty without pay for failing to meet the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, the fire department announced on Dec. 6. The policy requires municipal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 18, and those who are not vaccinated in the meantime must submit…