Kia ora Erika, 

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 12 February 2025. You
requested:

 

"Would you kindly share the advice, correspondent, emails, meeting minutes
etc that came about to make this reminder about legal authority to mandate
vaccination unless it is included in the terms and conditions in a
worker's contract."

 

The reference number for your request is <ref>. As required under the Act,
the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20
working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.   

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([1][email address]).

 

 

Ngā mihi 
 
OIA Services Team 

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Kia ora Erika

 

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 12
February 2025 for:

   

“In another OIA request HNZ00049846, information was shared about a pilot
program about a vaccination in workplaces program for the covid19 disease.
This OIA information is here
[1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
I refer to doc 1: "COVID-19 messages for Business NZ meeting - 9 July 2021
" 
 
Page 5 of this document says:  
"Reminder that most organisations have no legal authority to mandate
vaccination in their workers unless it is included in their signed terms
and conditions, but a strong 
communication programme is encouraged, with reminders to rely on
recognised sources."  

 

Would you kindly share the advice, correspondent, emails, meeting minutes
etc that came about to make this reminder about legal authority to mandate
vaccination unless it is included in the terms and conditions in a
worker's contract.” 
   

Your request is refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act as the
information is not held by the Ministry or another agency subject to the
Act. In making this decision, the Ministry had consulted with Health New
Zealand, Pharmac, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The Ministry has published OIA responses relating to the COVID-19
vaccination mandate that may be of use to you, please refer to the
following link:
[2]www.health.govt.nz/information-releases?keywords=mandate&issued_from=&issued_to=&sort_bef_combine=search_api_relevance_DESC&f%5B0%5D=type%3A355

 

You may also wish to refer to the following link for information on
COVID-19 legislation and orders, which outlines laws and regulations the
Government has used to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand:
[3]https://www.health.govt.nz/strategies-in...

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [4][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.   

 

Ngā mihi

 

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