A third of employers talked about incentives for vaccinated against COVID

Every third employer in RUSSIA encourages employees to get vaccinated against CORONAVIRUS, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Superjob portal (available to RBC). Analysts polled 1,000 HR managers from all districts of the country. 33% of those surveyed said that they somehow encourage grafted workers. 41% of survey participants do not.

Most often, large enterprises that employ 1,000 employees or more encourage staff to be vaccinated, it follows from the research data. These are mainly banks, financial institutions and companies engaged in the service sector.

Among the most popular measures are the provision of paid days off on the day of vaccination and after it, or additional days to the annual leave. Also, survey participants said that they pay employees one-time bonuses, organize prize draws among them, or give gifts.

Information technology workers are the least likely to use incentive measures, they explain this by the fact that employees have been away for more than a year. Construction and real estate workers are also rarely motivated to get vaccinated. Employers who do not campaign to call for vaccination explain this as a reluctance to interfere in the private lives of employees and a lack of such a legal obligation for businesses. At the same time, Superjob notes, citing respondents, that some companies are suspending those who do not have antibodies to covid-19 from work , or sending them on unpaid leave.

Due to the surge in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia, some regions have announced mandatory vaccination of certain categories of the population. For example, in Moscow, some employers are required to organize mandatory vaccination for at least 60% of their employees. The requirement applies to catering, housing and communal services, taxi services, as well as multifunctional centers, public transport and some other industries.

The Ministry of Labor said that the law does not provide for dismissal for refusing to be vaccinated, but such an employee may be temporarily suspended from work. Rostrud confirmed that due to the lack of preventive vaccinations, an employee may not be allowed to work.

Large Russian companies introduced incentives for vaccination against coronavirus: for example, ALROSA decided to raffle a Hyundai Solaris car, laptops, smartphones and other prizes among vaccinated employees; Evraz and Severstal also play pranks; Phosagro gives employees with antibodies priority in the distribution of vouchers to corporate HEALTH facilities.