‘No vaxx, no work’ being put to test
WHICH should be given more weight in this time of Covid pandemic--the labor policy of non- discrimination in the work place or the health protection of customers and co-workers?
The question comes to light as the Cebu City Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has ordered the suspension of the re-operation of resto-bars that have hired unvaccinated service crew and have not secured the special permit to serve liquor.
Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, EOC deputy chief implementer, said that based on the guidelines of Executive Order 143, resto-bars with open air set-up can serve vaccinated customers at 30 percent capacity but only by a vaccinated service crew.
The vaccinated and the unvaccinated should not be allowed to mix, he said.
Garganera said this provision has been ignored by some resto-bars in Cebu City.
The Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) agree that resto-bars get only vaccinated workers.