For February 2021, we have asked the employment team at Tughans Solicitors to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal from time to time with the less common place disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims of discrimination or constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

This month’s problem concerns:

I am the HR Manager in a large manufacturing company.  With the vaccine roll-out well under way, my Managing Director has asked me if we can require our employees to take the vaccine.  I am concerned