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Vaccinations in the Workplace; what’s really happening?
The mandating of vaccinations in the workplace has been a very interesting topic, much talked about in the last couple of years, and debated in more recent months. Back in 2020-21 we saw many of our clients introduce compulsory vaccination statuses for employees and for new hires. For some companies, these changes happened so quickly that we had to implement vaccination requirements part way through the recruitment process.
Company vaccination policies is also a topic that doesn’t get an overwhelming amount of coverage, with many businesses shying away from speaking out on what their policy is/was. Again, with sometimes limited commentary on how having a mandate has affected current employees and talent attraction.
Large Banking and Financial Services providers such as CBA and KPMG, and insurers TAL, Allianz and Hollard Group, have all removed their vaccination policies in recent months. Also, retail giants Myer, David Jones and Bunnings withdrew their policies in line with changes to government legislation. However (at the time of writing) some of Australia’s largest employers, Coles and Woolworths have kept their mandated vaccination policies in place, and for many others, we’re not clear where they currently stand.
With the NSW government removing all public health orders and restrictions from 30th November 2022, what will the knock-on effect be on businesses and their WHS policies?
As a recruitment agency partnering with over 100 companies annually across multiple industries, with increasing competition to secure talent, we are often asked, “what’s our vax policy like compared to others?”, or “are our competitors still mandating triple vaccination status?” etc… Because of this, we decided to survey our clients and wider network to shed some light on what’s really happening in the market.
We surveyed over 70 Australian businesses of varying sizes and industries to understand what their current vaccination policy is, and identify any trends.
N.B. As over 50% of our clients are within Financial Services and Insurance, you’ll notice these industries have a high representation in our results.
It’s unsure what the 2023 labour market will look like. With more companies reconsidering their strategies to secure people in a talent-short market, we’re likely to see more changes to workplace policies.
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