Over 82% Indian employers want vaccination to be made mandatory: Survey

Nearly half of all employees leave vaccine transparency in the hands of their employers

Covid-19 vaccination has emerged as a top hiring trend during the pandemic in India, with 82 per cent of the workforce and employers agreeing to make it mandatory in the workplace, according to a survey by job site Indeed.

Around two-thirds or 70 per cent of employers surveyed would either not allow employees, who refuse to get vaccinated to step into the workplace or ask them to quit the organisation. It also sho­w­ed that 94 per cent employers and 87 per cent employees want people coming in to work to be vaccinated with at least a single dose.

“Some businesses