8,600 Brisbane City Council workers will be given a paid day of leave to get the Covid-19 vaccine and those already vaccinated will be credited the time taken off.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said Queensland’s higher rate of vaccine hesitancy and lagging figures were behind the decision.
The Queensland Council of Unions passed a resolution this week which calls for all employers to provide paid time for vaccination and any side-effects of the jab, and they also call for the State government to do the same.