US companies risk a backlash if they insist that staff be vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the workplace, according to corporate advisers who warn that employers’ desire to mandate vaccination will clash with deep concerns among many employees.
A straw poll of the leaders of some of America’s largest companies last week found strong support for vaccine mandates, with 71 per cent of the 150 chief executives at a Yale School of Management summit saying that vaccination should be required at work.
Similarly, the Society for Human Resource Management reported on Friday that 61 per cent of its members plan to “encourage” employees to get the vaccine and 38 per cent see vaccination as “very necessary” for their organisation’s sustainability.