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From: Sapoa Rimoni <[FOI #19219 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2022 09:03
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Mandatory vaccination for
construction workers on your site
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

With the mandates being removed for many industries and only applied to a
few groups like health workers and contractors providing services to
vulnerable people. Do you still require your construction contractors to
be fully vaccinated to do construction work on isolatade areas on site?

Does your contractor induction have vaccinations as a requirement for any
type of contractor entering your site? Have you considered the vast
discipline of trades that complete work for all the DHB's.

Is it legal for you to ask construction contractors and requiring them to
be vaccinated with the current legislation in place?

Yours faithfully,
SR

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Tçnâ koe Sapoa, 

   

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) on 27 April 2022 for information relating to mandatory vaccination
for construction workers on district health board (DHBs) sites. Please
find a response to your request below.    

   

“With the mandates being removed for many industries and only applied to
a few groups like health workers and contractors providing services to
vulnerable people. Do you still require your construction contractors to
be fully vaccinated to do construction work on isolated areas on site?  

 

Does your contractor induction have vaccinations as a requirement for
any type of contractor entering your site? Have you considered the vast
discipline of trades that complete work for all the DHB's. 

 

Is it legal for you to ask construction contractors and requiring them
to be vaccinated with the current legislation in place?”   

 

The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) does not have mandates for
construction workers. The Ministry is currently looking to refine the
people determined by the Vaccination Order who work in the vicinity of
healthcare workers, such as a tradesperson who may be required to do work
in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 

 

Further information relating to the COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations and
the health and disability sector can be found at:
[1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-response-planning/covid-19-mandatory-vaccinations#healthdis.
Employment New Zealand also has some additional information on their
website at:
[2]www.employment.govt.nz/leave-and-holidays/other-types-of-leave/coronavirus-workplace/covid-19-vaccination-and-employment/. 

 

For further information about workplace mandates, you may wish to contact
the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment at:
[3]www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-information/make-a-request-for-official-information/. 

 

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