General News
13 July, 2023
Employers now required to destroy COVID vaccine data
Pandemic regulations put in place to assist with the collection, recording, holding and use of COVID-19 vaccination information from specified persons expired on Wednesday, and employers now have 30 days to destroy that data. The requirement comes...
Pandemic regulations put in place to assist with the collection, recording, holding and use of COVID-19 vaccination information from specified persons expired on Wednesday, and employers now have 30 days to destroy that data.
The requirement comes following the revocation of the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (COVID-19 Vaccination Informa-tion) Regulations.
The regulations were introduced in mid-2022 following the removal of certain vaccination requirements under the Pandemic Orders and supported employers to collect, record, hold and use COVID-19 vaccination information from specified persons attending a workplace under their management or control, in order to determine and to implement reasonably practicable measures to control COVID-19 risks.
A specified person includes employees, independent contractors and their employees, volunteers and students on placement permitted to attend the workplace.