Union Wins Unfair Dismissal Case for Care Worker Over COVID-19 Vaccine

A care worker has been awarded damages at an employment tribunal after he was dismissed for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine. A judge has ruled that Maurice Trotman was unfairly dismissed against his former employer, The Royal Star & Garter Homes, after his union, The Workers of England Union (WEU), successfully argued that official COVID-19 regulations were never in force when he was fired. WEU has challenged employers that mandated face masks and COVID-19 vaccine mandates. On Monday, the union said it successfully won the case on the basis that there was no legislation in place which mandated that Mr. Trotman had to have the COVID-19 vaccine or provide an exemption certificate at the time of his dismissal on Dec. 23, 2021, as the legislation was not due to come into force until April 1, 2022....