2
View
comments
A businessman has sobbed on live radio as he admitted he was going to sack his own son for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid.
The father - who runs a Melbourne home improvement company - told 3AW's Breakfast Show he was going into work today to tell his son he was axed.
'I'm devastated,' he said. 'Today's going to be the worst day of my life, business career-wise. I have to go into work today, and put my son off.'
Mandatory vaccine rules come in later this week in Victoria which will force all workers in the construction industry to be jabbed.
Construction workers will be required to show evidence that they've had their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from this Friday.
Tea rooms were also set to be shut and workers forced to eat lunch outdoors. Travel between Melbourne and the regions for work was also to be banned.
However the introduction of the new rules has since been overshadowed by a complete shutdown of all construction work in the state for two weeks.
The construction boss father - who only identified himself as Peter - said his son was the backbone of his company but had chosen not to get
