Australian Employee Groups Welcome No Fault COVID-19 Indemnity Scheme

Australian Employee Groups Welcome No Fault COVID-19 Indemnity Scheme
A health worker looks on as people sit in an observation area after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccine clinic in Lakemba, in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 8, 2021. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Employee and business groups have welcomed the federal government’s announcement on Saturday to introduce a no fault COVID-19 indemnity scheme that will give financial compensation to people who experience serious adverse side-effects from the vaccine.

The scheme will give businesses the confidence to hand out vaccine mandates to employees by offering financial protection to all Australians receiving COVID-19 vaccines.