Morgan Stanley to bar unvaccinated staff - a podcast by BBC World Service

Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley's staff will be barred from entry unless Covid vaccinated. The BBC's business editor Simon Jack explains the background to the new policy, which will also apply to visitors. And Geneva-based international trade lawyer Arthur Appleton considers the legal implications of the move. Also in the programme, the pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily has announced it is to cease production on Thursday, following the arrest of several executives last week. Jack Hazelwood is a columnist for the paper, currently writing from the UK, and gives us his reaction to the news. The BBC's Elizabeth Hotson reports on the potential pitfalls involved when communicating for work with people from different cultures. Plus, on Intenational Women in Engineering Day, we meet Susana Brooks, who is an engineer at Britain's energy supply network National Grid, working on how to adapt power networks for a low carbon future.

(Picture: Signs on the Morgan Stanley building in New York. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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