Amazon refrains from vax mandate, relies on AI to keep workers apart

Tess BennettTechnology reporter

Oct 31, 2021 – 2.05pm

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E-commerce giant Amazon will not impose a vaccine mandate on its warehouse workers in Australia, believing it can rely on a $140 bonus to maximise inoculation against COVID-19.

Amazon is busing employees to vaccination appointments and providing information to tackle vaccine hesitancy, said Jane Bourke, the company’s global director of health and safety.

Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter.