Erika Whittome
Via email
: [email address]
31 May 2024
Dear Ms Whittome
Official Information Act request dated 29 May 2024
We refer to your email dated 29 May 2024 requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). The answers to your specific questions are set out
below.
Request: Your response to Question 3: When did you remove your policy for only
employing vaccinated staff?
"The Policy (as defined above) was removed in April 2022 in line with
changes to the government recommendation."
It has come to my attention that on 1 September 2022 a job advert at TVNZ for a
Project Manager at contained the following Covid-19 vaccination requirement:
COVID-19 Vaccination Condition for New Employees *
TVNZ is committed to following best practice in managing health and safety risks to
our people and to ensuring we can continue to operate as an essential service if there
is an outbreak of COVID-19. TVNZ's COVID-19 Vaccination Policy states that new
employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once vaccination is
available to them. Current or future vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of
employment included in the Employment Agreement. .
Would you kindly clarify when the TVNZ vaccination policy actually ended?
Response: The Policy ended in April 2022. We are not aware of the job advertisement
to which you refer, but any inclusion of this condition in advertisements after April
2022 was in error.
Please note that section 28 of the Act sets out the circumstances in which you may
make a complaint to the Ombudsman in order to seek an investigation and review of
this decision.
Yours sincerely,
Official Information Requests Team
TVNZ