Context: many companies are coming out saying that they are going to "require" vaccines. A couple weeks ago we had some exec spend 5 minutes during a company-wide meeting talk about how we all needed to be vaccinated and the company was going to take a hard-line stance of "vaccine or mask" and require proof of vaccination in the former case.
Well today they officially rolled out the policy: employees will be given the option to "self-attest" that they have been vaccinated using the online HR platform. The tool asks which vaccine you've taken and the date you took each course. No batch/lot number, no location, nothing that could actually be used to authenticate the information provided; and no verification will be performed.
I bring this up because companies like to talk a big game, but their bark is often bigger than their bite; and what they actually do frequently ends up being underwhelming. So I'm curious for others who work places that will require vaccinations what your policies actually are (as opposed to what the Press Release says they are). Has your employer actually implemented any policies, or are they still in the "put out a Press Release" stage?
Obviously don't provide any information that could be used to dox you.
My best guess is, if I don't sign the document, I get kicked out then and there instead of in a month when they begin actually enforcing the policy, so I don't get a month of safety to find myself a new job. Not a huge deal. I'll be picking the thing through looking for any hidden nastiness and if it's anything beyond what I've been told it is, I'll walk then and there no problem.
This whole thing is a panic. People are scared of The Variants and all the propaganda, and they're letting bad actors trample all over them and their rights in the name of making the Scary Thing go away. It's pretty similar to 9/11 and the PATRIOT act, and the ridiculous security theater airlines go through to this day. It's horrifyingly invasive, woefully ineffective, but it makes people feel safe, and we all know how important those precious feelies are...
Can you play the "I'm not signing anything without my lawyer reading it first" card on the acknowledgment document to buy a bit of extra time? Sounds like simply being able to delay into the next pay period so you get an extra paycheck would be a positive.
eh, I get paid bi-weekly and last week was payday. Doubt I could hold off on it that long, specially not for a lawyer I'd probably spend most of that paycheck on
No one's going to check that you actually had a lawyer review it: simply a stalling tactic.