About half had failed to get a booster shot before the March deadline and have been placed on unauthorised leave.
Some epidemiologists have called on the state to relax its vaccine mandates. In New South Wales, unvaccinated teachers will be able to begin working in the state’s schools from mid-May. The latest department of health figures show almost 95% of Victorians aged over 12 are double vaccinated. A department of spokesperson said that as of Tuesday, 99.2% of public school teachers have had three doses of a Covid vaccine and were permitted to attend work. Since the beginning of the year, unvaccinated Victorian teachers have been unable to receive leave entitlements. This means they have been placed on leave without pay and unable to work since the third dose deadline came into effect on 25 March.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the state's strict COVID-19 vaccination mandate after hundreds of public school teachers were recently stood ...
Irate Aussies have reacted with fury to the news that teachers will be forced to walk off the job for not being triple-jabbed.
Stream your news live & on demand with Flash for $8/month and no lock in contracts. “I must say I’ve seen those reports, yes. “Where is the ‘science’ in this?” And one day there will be a public apology for these stupid mandates. No one should ever be forced into medical choices, yet alone by threat of losing their employment if they don’t concede.” Too late though for those who lose their jobs, livelihoods and homes now,” declared another. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. “There is no justification for these booster mandates in school settings … We’ve seen the worst of Omicron in this state and there continue to be ongoing staff shortages.” When the issue was raised with Mr Andrews, he said he had not been made aware of that “specific concern” by those in the industry. “Although some were vaccinated over the holidays, the fact that there is now a requirement for three shots means more teachers are now not meeting the mandate,” the spokesperson said. Irate Aussies have reacted with fury to the news that teachers will be forced to walk off the job for not being triple-jabbed. Irate Aussies have reacted with fury to the news that teachers will be forced to walk off the job for not being triple-jabbed.
Victorian teachers who failed to get fully vaccinated are being officially stood down on Thursday, as schools prepare to tackle the winter months with masks ...
I’m sure people will make the right call for themselves and their kids,” Ferra said. “We are still sanitising, we still have a small number of students and staff opting to use masks, we are highly recommending the flu vax,” she said. “There’s no way we can make schools or any other indoor setting 100 per cent safe. It’s [about] having as many layers of protection as possible.” “We often do inspections and find they aren’t on, or they are set to the lowest setting instead of set to the maximum.” “The scary side of that is it requires humans to keep them open, and that’s not going to happen in winter,” he said.
Victoria and the Northern Territory are the only states to mandate a booster shot for teachers.
Pictured: Prep teacher Rachel Gathercole speaks about sanitizer to students at a Melbourne Primary School on May 26, 2020 Employees who are not yet eligible for their third dose are required to receive a third dose within 3 months and 2 weeks of receiving their second dose. For staff who were fully vaccinated on or before 25 October 2021, they must have a booking to receive their third dose on or before 25 March 2022, if they have not had their third dose by 25 February 2022. Thousands of teachers across Victoria will be stood down today for not getting a third Covid-19 jab mandated by Daniel Andrews' government Thousands of teachers across Victoria could be stood down from today for failing to get a third Covid-19 jab. - Thousands of teachers will be stood down today for not getting third Covid jab
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is unapologetic about COVID-19 vaccine mandates for teachers. About 420 public school teachers have been stood down for ...
Despite the end to Victoria's strict vaccine economy, thousands of teachers could be stood down this week over Covid booster mandates.
It comes as teacher absences due to Covid continue to compound the shortage of relief teachers and casual staff. “We’ve seen the worst of Omicron in this state and there continue to be ongoing staff shortages. Around 2500 Victorian teachers and support staff who have not received a third dose of a Covid vaccine by April 28 will be let go, according to the Herald Sun.
Premier Daniel Andrews says he won't apologise for the policy, and that "vaccines work, vaccines save lives".
Our absentee rates in staff, support staff and students is lower today than it was before the pandemic." "I'm just about sick and tired of this constant negativity when it comes to schools. Our absentee rates in staff, support staff and students is lower today than it was before the pandemic." "I'm not going to apologise. "I'm just about sick and tired of this constant negativity when it comes to schools. "I'm not going to apologise.