Should companies be recording their employees’ Covid vaccination status and test results?
The government recently made it mandatory for all employees in the care sector to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to protect the vulnerable people they look after, and other frontline healthcare workers look set to follow.
While the no jab, no job movement is gaining pace, many events and travel companies around the UK are also insisting on proof of vaccination in social and leisure settings, making the requirement to ‘show your Covid passport’ more commonplace.
So, how could recording employees’ Covid vaccination status and test results across different workplaces and sectors help support the ongoing risk management of Covid-19? Join People Management Insight and our panel of expert speakers, in partnership with Elmo, as they discuss:
- Why is it important to record employees’ Covid-19 vaccination status and test results? What are the benefits to employers and employees?
- How should HR collect, store and manage employees’ Covid-19 data (how can software help with risk management?)
- How can Covid-specific privacy policies help to reassure staff how their data is being handled? And as society reopens, will people simply ‘get used’ to showing their Covid passport?
- How should you manage staff who refuse to provide evidence of their vaccination status?
- How can employers encourage staff to get vaccinated? And should employers in certain sectors be enforcing mandatory vaccines?
- How could Covid status affect recruitment? Eg, can you ask about someone’s vaccine status in a job application or interview?
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With a background in software and leadership, Adam has led the UK headquartered SaaS business Webexpenses since 2013, this has included international expansion into Australia and North America in 2016 and 2017. Since 2020 Webexpenses has been part of ELMO, a leading provider of Learning, Talent Management and HR software
I practice exclusively in all things data protection and privacy, but I have a particular interest in workplace privacy issues because of my background in employment law. Since the pandemic I’ve frequently advised employers on adjusting to the “new normal” including supporting employers to safely handle new types of employee health data.
I am member of the Ius Laboris Data Privacy Expert Group and I hold the CIPP/E data protection/privacy accreditation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
When in doubt when it comes to employee data privacy, my key takeaway is to put yourself in the shoes of the employee and the privacy regulator, and picture the issue through their eyes.