There are many laws and rules that are put in place by the Government which must be followed and fully understood, COVID regulations are and were no exception.

Let's look back at a scenario all restaurants in Ontario were faced with,

Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination passport took effect September 22, 2021, requiring people to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to access non-essential businesses across Ontario. (Raymond, 2021)

As noted by Raymond, (CTV News 2021), "The Ontario government says individuals aged 12 and older can provide either a paper or digital copy of their vaccination receipt. It must include the name, date of vaccination, and product name at the time of vaccination. You must also prove the vaccine receipt is yours by providing government-issued identification that includes your name and date of birth. Children under 12 will not need to show proof of vaccination to access non-essential businesses."  

Restaurants in Ontario are one of many non-essential services that will be affected by this vaccination passport. As a General Manager of one of these restaurants you have struggled financially through this pandemic and now must make the decision on how you are going to incorporate this into your place of business. Overall, how is this going to affect your revenue and labor costs? Who in your restaurant will be responsible to oversee the validation of this information and why? How will you train your employees to handle this position? What if you decide you are not going to ask your customers for this information, will you be affected financially, and how?

NOTE: This is NOT an ethics discussion with your classmates. This is NOT to argue if this is right or wrong that the government has placed this responsibility on restaurants. This is NOT a discussion post to argue if you are for vaccinations or against them. I want you to research and discuss how, as a General Manager of a business this affects you financially. I want to know how you are going to as General Manager of a restaurant put this policy into place for your staff members.

Remember even though you are not responding to every post it is essential to read as many as you can to see different points of view than your own to better increase your understanding.