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Number of staff loss due to vaccine mandates at the ministry of Justice, take2

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Ministry of Justice,

The Covid-19 Public Health Response (vaccinations) Order 2021 was revoked 22 Sept 2022,

A response to another OIA says:
"All Government vaccination mandates were lifted in September 2022. The Ministry's COVID-19 vaccination policy came into effect on 1 February 2021, requiring employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if entering or working at a Ministry or a court site.
Following public health and Government advice, the policy was updated in June 2022.
Although still strongly encouraged, the Ministry determined that employees were no longer required to be vaccinated to enter or work at the Ministry’s sites. "
(https://fyi.org.nz/request/22888/respons...)
I assume the above should be in effect 1 Feb 2022 (not 2021).

1. What number of staff did you terminate or place on any form of " extended leave"
due to the Ministry of Justice's Covid-19 vaccination mandates or Covid-19 vaccination policies from 1 February 2022 until the policy and/or mandates were revoked in Sept 2022?

2 . What number of staff did you place on any form of " extended leave" due to your Covid-19 vaccination mandates/policies from 1 February 2022 until the policy and/or mandates were revoked in 2022?

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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