We thought it would be useful to provide you with our 10 top tips for the approaching vaccine roll-out programme.
Our top tips;
- Promote the vaccine as much as possible within your organisation; the benefits, the data.
- Keep your ear to the ground with any false information that is spreading and try to dispel this.
- Set out your expectations that everyone who is offered the vaccine should take it as soon as it is offered
- Understand that there may be some people who are not offered the vaccine due to medical reasons
- The vaccine is optional, no-one is forced to have it
- Support your staff to take the vaccine rather than requiring them to have it e.g. paid time off to attend appointments
- Involve any local community groups if it can be mutually beneficial
- You can ask staff to evidence that they have had the vaccine. This will be relevant information for your risk assessments
- Ultimately not having the vaccine may impact on a staff member’s ability to do their specific job but ensure you take specialist advice before approaching this and try and reach an agreement first
- Employers may be challenged on the grounds of discrimination if they insist on staff having the vaccine – e.g. disability (employees with certain medical conditions will not be able to have the vaccine), pregnancy (pregnant women are currently not being offered the vaccine), age (younger employees are not yet being offered the vaccine)
We strongly encourage that you consult with your HR Consultant if you have a member of staff who is experiencing Long COVID as each case will need to be dealt with on an individual basis. You can also find out more about Long COVID on our blog.
We have also written a blog on what GDPR considerations employers should be making with the approaching vaccine roll-out programme, this details some vital point’s employers should be taking into account to ensure they remain GDPR compliant. Click here for more information.
If you would like to log information like vaccine compliance and other employee information, make sure you take a look at our new HR system SAMpeople. Click here to book onto our next webinar. It incorporates our leading absence software SAM, which tracks absence including absence due to COVID and can be used to record whether people are shielding and further wellbeing information.
If you have any queries relating to the vaccine roll-out, absence management or HR queries, please do not hesitate to call one of our team on 01924 827869 or contact us.
