Survey reveals that majority of employers will require vaccination

Research from Willis Towers shows that inoculation incentives are fading, and that leaders are split on whether mandates will harm or help retention.

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Despite the ongoing legal limbo and heated debate about vaccine mandates, new data shows that a majority of U.S. employers will require employees to get inoculated against COVID-19. And yet, even with the threat of the omicron variant looming, employers are split on whether vaccine mandates will help with recruiting or lead to mass resignations.

That’s a key takeaway from a new Willis Towers Watson survey released Tuesday, which gained valuable feedback from 543 U.S. employers.

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The survey found:

Other key survey findings include:

What the data means (for you)

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