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Vaccine mandates for NZ’s health and education workers are now in force – but has the law got the balance right?

  • Written by Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Vaccine mandates for NZ’s health and education workers are now in force – but has the law got the balance right?GettyImages

For workers in the health and disability and education sectors, midnight last night was the deadline to receive at least their first vaccine dose under a government mandate that now extends to about 40% of New Zealand’s workforce.

With the potential for this to mean “no jab, no job”, and with no end date set for the...

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