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Vaccination not mandatory for employees
Posted: Monday, July 12, 2021
McClashie: Vaccination not mandatory for employees
LABOUR Minister Stephen McClashie said under the current laws of Trinidad and Tobago, employers cannot make it mandatory for their employees to take any vaccine for covid19 or any other illness. McClashie made this comment on Saturday against the background of some businesses, specifically restaurants, seeking to get their employees vaccinated against covid19 and some converting their operations to ones which are permitted under the current public health regulations.
Unions ready to defend workers forced to take vaccines—Duke
Duke made the call during an interview with Guardian Media, in which he was responding to Prestige Holdings' "KFC workers must be vaccinated to return to work stance."
CoP confirms probe of MP's $1m tax exemption
While he could not give much details on the nature of the enquiry and how far it has progressed, Police Commissioner Gary Griffith on Sunday confirmed a probe has been launched into allegations that a sitting member of Parliament facilitated a tax exemption of $1 million for a member of public to buy a luxury vehicle.
OWTU not pleased with luxury car buys
SATT expands vaccination drive to include all
The Supermarket Association (SATT) says its mass vaccination site at Centre Pointe Mall, Chaguanas, has vaccinated 13,000 frontliners to date.
Strict measures for physical reopening of schools proposed
According to the draft, which has not yet been officially released to the public and only to education stakeholders, the MoE's proposed rotational system would work using a 50 per cent classroom student capacity in which schools would be required to create two groups—A and B, which will attend school on alternate days.
Two more die from COVID-19, 188 new virus cases recorded
wo elderly patients with comorbidities are the latest COVID-19 deaths to be recorded.
WASA's executive management team replaced
On the heels of the recent resignation of Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) executive director/chief executive officer (CEO) Dr Lennox Sealy comes a major shake-up of the authority's executive management team—the entire team of seven people has been replaced.
MSJ not satisfied with rollback of restrictions
He questioned what Rowley meant at Saturday's briefing when he spoke about "build back better". Abdulah said this was an popular phrase used by United States President Joe Biden and other world leaders before. In the TT context, Abdulah asked if Rowley was referring to building back a system which favours an elite few in society at the expense of the majority of the population.
Chamber presidents say not all businesses will reopen
Trinidad and Tobago's weather: Significant levels of Saharan dust
Senior partner in AG wife's law firm hired for her expertise
The information Al-Rawi provided to the Parliament showed Quamina received $3,941,560 between 2010 and 2021.
NGO wants harsher penalties for police who fail to attend court
Between 2015 and 2020, 88 police officers were disciplined for failing to attend court, resulting in the cases being dismissed. The punishments for their crimes were a pay cut for one to three days. Failing to attend court is a category B offence and carries a maximum fine of ten days' pay and is presided over by one senior police officer above the rank of superintendent.
Card-skimming devices found, seized in St Helena
Several devices, including blank cards used for card-skimming and machines used to collect and print the information from victims' bank cards, were found and seized.
Three men held after chopping incident
Three Spanish nationals have been arrested in connection with a chopping incident that left two men nursing injuries.
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