{"id":117330,"date":"2021-12-06T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=117330"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:37:00","slug":"covid-19-get-vaccinated-or-lose-your-job-mtn-tells-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/06\/covid-19-get-vaccinated-or-lose-your-job-mtn-tells-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Get vaccinated or lose your job, MTN tells staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTN Group has disclosed that it will enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all its employees from January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Monday by MTN group.<\/p>\n<p>According to MTN,<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the move is part of its efforts to protect the health and safety of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It added that the policy would be subject to risk assessment and local laws that apply in its various operating companies and subsidiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking on the development, Ralph Mupita, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/04\/two-years-after-listing-on-ngx-mtn-nigeria-to-sell-575m-shares-via-public-offer\/\">MTN<\/a> group president and CEO, said: \u201cThe science is clear. Vaccination against Covid-19 reduces rates of serious infections, hospitalisation, and death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOur new Covid-19 policy recognises that some of our markets don\u2019t have adequate access to vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt also recognises some low-risk roles that will be accommodated with full-time work-from-home or alternate arrangements, but this will be a small population within our workforce.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">MTN said it recognised the right of employees to apply to be exempted from the policy or refuse vaccination on certain \u201cclearly defined grounds\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFor 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,\u201d the statement adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This implies that MTN will fire employees who refuse to get vaccinated without a valid reason.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN Group has disclosed that it will enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all its employees from January 2022. 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