Preparing For The COVID-19 Vaccine

How to prepare your business for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

As the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out continues at speed, organisations are facing unprecedented challenges, particularly around whether they can make the vaccine compulsory for their employees. Whatever approach you decide to take as an employer, an important and practical starting point is to put a vaccination policy in place.

We've seen an increase in the number of employers wanting to know if they can make it a requirement for their workforce to be vaccinated or penalise employees who refuse.

While there may be some employers in certain sectors who can justify requiring their employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine – for example, those in healthcare where the risk of not taking it can be detrimental to vulnerable people in their care – this will not apply across the board.