COVID-19 vaccines | Over 50% of UK staff want colleagues jabbed before office return

More than half (56%) of UK staff think that workers should be required to take a coronavirus vaccine before being able to return to a central workplace, new data has found.

Glassdoor’s survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that more than two in three (68%) staff believe that social distancing and wearing masks should remain compulsory until all workers in the office have received the vaccine.

Commenting on the survey results, Carina Cortez, Chief People Officer at Glassdoor, said: “The UK Government has made it clear that it is a business decision whether the COVID-19 vaccine is mandatory for all staff.

“With the majority of employees appearing to want standard precautions such as social distancing to remain until all employees have been vaccinated, employers should be working on their office re-entry plan,” Cortez added.