Businesses seeking a mandate to safeguard their workplaces, employees, and customers from Covid will be pleased and
relieved at swift action by Government to make vaccinations mandatory for all businesses where vaccine certificates are
required or have identified risks.
“Business has certainty and clarity now that they can protect their workplaces,” says Auckland Business Chamber CEO,
Michael Barnett. “This is a strong signal from Government that employers need to be thinking about workplaces and
employee safety.
“I believe that not just employers, but employees will increasingly demand workplaces are protected against the spread
of Covid.”
Mr. Barnett who spearheaded a vigorous lobby for a no jab no job regime, supported by 90 per cent of small and medium
enterprises, said close contact sectors including-health, education, hospitality, hairdressers, and gyms must use
vaccination certificates when New Zealand enters the traffic light system of management as early as next month.
“Government has listened and responded with a system that will provide clarity, simplify the risk assessment process for
employers when deciding whether they require vaccination for different types of work and determine a four week notice
period for non-vaccinated workers to get their jabs before termination. This new approach will be supported by
legislation,” he said.