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From the Privacy Commissioner: Can my employer ask me if I have been vaccinated for Covid-19? Yes, provided an employer can demonstrate that they have a legitimate need to know the vaccination status of their employees, they can ask their employees for this information. As is made clear in the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) guidance: An employee does not have to tell their employer if they have been vaccinated or why they are unable or choose not to be vaccinated. If an employee does not tell their employer what their vaccination status is, the employer may assume the employee is unvaccinated, but should first advise them of this assumption. Employers cannot require an employee to be vaccinated. However, employers can require a specific role be performed by a vaccinated person where this is supported by their health and safety risk assessment. Employers must protect personal information about vaccination status and cannot share it (including with other employees) unless an appropriate exception to Principle 11 of the Privacy Act applies (this will generally require an employee’s consent). One such exception is that the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to public health or public safety. Find out more on this topic on the MBIE website.

From the HRC site Can my employer require me to have a vaccine? New Zealand's primary workplace health and safety regulator, Worksafe, has produced a guide to assess whether a specific role needs to be performed by a vaccinated worker. The guidance states: Businesses and services can’t require an individual to be vaccinated. However, you can require a specific role be performed by a vaccinated person - if you have done a health and safety risk assessment to support this. Pretty sure that would mean BOTH existing and new employment situations.

Could be a fun scrap if they try it here.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/boys-more-at-risk-from-pfizer-jab-side-effect-than-covid-suggests-study?fbclid=IwAR0OSQWOXWzYi9oqRMeDD6UEeYeaC8WXmqJ8CkmdDXXGMyDRMYyqzLWGNKE

Don't see how. Their licensing rules cannot contravene human rights law or any other statutes.

Can't I don't think. From the Human Rights Commission site and that's for an employer which NZTR aint of racing participants, but racing rules can't override other statutes including Human Rights Law: Can my employer require me to have a vaccine? New Zealand's primary workplace health and safety regulator, Worksafe, has produced a guide to assess whether a specific role needs to be performed by a vaccinated worker. The guidance states: Businesses and services can’t require an individual to be vaccinated. However, you can require a specific role be performed by a vaccinated person - if you have done a health and safety risk assessment to support this.

Was just talking to a Mental Health Emergency worker who as part of their job moitors ED admissions in case they think they need to be involved. They reported 2-3 admissions a day at the moment due to vaccination side effects at the hospital where they work. Mostly chest pain.

Got a favourite one liner?

Haven't had a tote bet so don't know about that but I use fixed staking FOB and haven't yet figured out how to get it to automatically enter that stake each time I bet like you can with other provider interfaces so have to manually enter for each bet or copy paste.

Yes, fair comment. They may not have credit cards but neither do I. Everyone surely has a debit card though. You can't exactly pop down to your local pubtab abd cash a check anymore. You'd think the TAB would have (at least since last year's lockdown, identified regular punters who may be in this situation and aimed some education/ promotion there if as a group, they are important as customers.

Globally last year, overall gambling reduced because of lack of access to land based gambling. In NZ, that had a positive impact subsequently on problem gambling. A post lock down re-assessment in June 2020, found that reduction in gambling relative to pre-pandemic was maintained, and that the proportion worrying about their gambling reduced from 17% during the lockdown to 11%.

I think if they can't be bothered, especially in lock down, we certainly shouldn't be relying on them.

Absolutely no difference for me getting bets on (80 odd bets since Wednesday) Don't see why Covid would change that.

Doesn't seem that long ago that NZTR thought Monday racing was going to save us.

Gosh. BF had over 18k win matched on the Foxbridge and 22k place. They'll pass the TAB tote soon at that rate.

Critique of Doshi. https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2021/08/31/this-waning-immunity-argument-against-the-fdas-covid-vaccine-approval-is-a-scientific-quagmire/

Sounds like Greyhounds could be gone. Horses might follow. Worse if we hold on and they include revenue from overseas greyhound racing in any prohibition.

I suppose it depends what you mean by "spelling". I don't see how you could do that for much under $40 a day and I also don't see how you could train one with a small profit for much under $100 a day.

I don't see how they could be more than paying their way at those rates if staff etc. are being reasonably compensated.

Cup meeting not far away but I still have not seen nor heard anything from the CJC and/or NZTR about plans for fixing what once was one of the better tracks in the world.

`Yeahh, costs have to be similar. Stakes here have to be way less because that's what we can afford based on revenue.

Nope. Just shortens the price.

Oz have the revenue from racing to support their stakes today. NZ doesn't have the revenue to support the stakes you cite.They need to be reduced. I thought that was the point? I missed it as well then.