MTN threatens get vaccinated or lose your job
MTN will require all its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 from January 2022.
MTN Group has joined several companies in implementing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.
Africa’s largest cellphone network operator says the policy is part of protecting the health and safety of workers.
Group CEO Ralph Mupita says the science is clear; vaccination against Covid-19 reduces rates of serious infections, hospitalisation and death.
The policy will be effective from January 2022.
Mupita says the company will not be obliged to continue the employment contracts of employees who refuse to get vaccinated without a valid reason.
“[MTN] also recognises the right of employees to apply to be exempted from the policy and/or refuse vaccination on certain clearly defined grounds. For those staff who are not exempt from vaccinations either through risk assessment or agreed exclusions but still refuse vaccination, MTN will not be obliged to continue the employment contract.
“As an employer, we have a responsibility to ensure that our workplaces are guided by the highest standards of health and safety, and that has informed our decision to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for our staff,” says Mupita.
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