Posts tagged "COVID-19 vaccines"

Employers that mandated vaccines are being urgently warned to consider updating their policies to also include booster shots, as NSW and Victoria grapple with increasing cases of COVID-19.

Human resources experts are warning recruiters to be careful of their legal obligations, after a study found more than half of HR professionals are factoring applicants’ vaccine status into hiring decisions.

Despite nearly two years to prepare, Australia’s systems for proving whether people received their jabs are vulnerable to being exploited and are not fit for purpose. 

Soon Scott Morrison will face questions about job discrimination against the unvaccinated and the rights of employers to protect their employees.

The attitude of almost every Australian politician in maintaining a devotion to COVID-zero is a classic example of a failure to understand the principle of sunk costs.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has updated its advice regarding mandatory vaccinations in the workplace, and has released a new four-tiered approach.

High profile members of the Australian advertising industry have teamed up to urge more Australians to get vaccinated by launching a creative campaign to counter concerns about the risks associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. 

The UK government’s scientific advisory body MHRA has granted temporary authorisation for the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine.

The federal government's announcement of supply agreements with Novavax and Pfizer potentially increases the pool of COVID-19 vaccines Australians will be able to access.