Survey reveals that majority of employers will require vaccination

Despite the ongoing legal limbo and heated debate about vaccine mandates, new data shows that a majority of U.S. employers will require employees to get inoculated against COVID-19. And yet, even with the threat of the omicron variant looming, employers are split on whether vaccine mandates will help with recruiting or lead to mass resignations.

That’s a key takeaway from a new Willis Towers Watson survey released Tuesday, which gained valuable feedback from 543 U.S. employers.

The survey found:

Other key survey findings include:

What the data means (for you)

As the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate remains with the courts, and as hard deadlines keep getting pushed back, there does appear to be a bit of wiggle room for companies to get their affairs (and policies) in order. As a spokesperson from the Office of Management and Budget recently stated, the “goal is to protect workers, not penalize anyone.”

However, it seems most U.S. companies are erring on the side of caution.