13-jabs: Taxi giant to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for drivers | nickbonyhady
decision to mandate coronavirus shots as supply increases. It also pushes the debate over mandatory vaccination into a new sector of the workforce because unlike SPC and Qantas, 13Cabs’ drivers are typically contractors rather than employees, meaning the legal rules around vaccination are different.
Even before it mandates jabs, 13Cabs will let customers request a vaccinated driver. “If you haven’t had the vaccine, then we won’t offer you those jobs,” Mr Overell said.Already about 20 per cent of 13Cabs drivers, who typically number between 6000 and 7000 in Sydney and Melbourne, had supplied the firm with vaccination certificates since it started asking on Friday, Mr Overell said.
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