Economics news coming out of India tells of companies that are trying to push employees into getting the COVID-19 vaccine by threatening to deny them raises and promotions.
While Indian law forbids mandatory vaccinations as a condition for work, it doesn’t keep individual businesses from making it a rule within their own companies.
“While as per law, vaccination has to be voluntary and forced vaccination is against fundamental rights as recently held by the courts, companies may take the calculated risk of affirmative administrative action against those who do not take the shot as they are putting a greater work population at the risk of contracting the virus,” explained Anshul Prakash, who is a partner in a company that specializes in employment and labor laws, according to The Economic Times.
One company executive even admitted telling his employees he would withhold 5% of their salaries until they got the jab. Panasonic India, Amway and McDonald’s are just three widely recognized corporations that have set vaccination deadlines for their employees.
SOURCE: The Economic Times July 1, 2021