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Early years sector split over making Covid vaccine a condition of employment

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Half of the early years workforce believe vaccination against Coronavirus should be a legal requirement for the job, a snap poll by Nursery World suggests.
Should nursery workers be fully vaccinated to work in early years settings? PHOTO Adobe Stock
Should nursery workers be fully vaccinated to work in early years settings? PHOTO Adobe Stock

In a Nursery World poll, 50 per cent said they believe Covid-19 vaccination should be a requirement to work in a childcare setting.

However more than a third (35 per cent) said they didn’t think it should be made a condition of employment, while a large minority were undecided (15 per cent).

The poll ran on Nursery World’s Twitter page between 16 and 19 August and received 80 responses.

While some employers, including some nurseries, have made the decision to contractually require their workforce to have the Covid-19 vaccine, there is currently no legal requirement for education workers in the UK to have the vaccine.

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