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Is participation in workplace COVID testing mandatory?

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Is participation in workplace COVID testing mandatory?

More and more employers are introducing workplace COVID testing as a way of limiting the spread of the virus and ensuring business continuity, but can such testing be made mandatory or can an employee refuse to participate? Government guidance on workplace COVID testing states that running a testing programme is a voluntary decision for employers […]

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