OCBC Malaysia is incentivising its more than 5,000 staff to sign up for national COVID-19 vaccination drive

It is doing so through tangible incentives such as off-days, medical leave, transport reimbursement, post-vaccination support and work-from-home arrangements.

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) has launched incentives to get its more than 5,000 staff to sign up for the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. 

The OCBC Bank Covid-19 Vaccination Support Programme consists of the following staff incentives:

1. A day off for staff who go for vaccination;
2. Medical leave without the need for any medical certificate for up to two days if the staff experiences side effects;
3. The option to work from home for a week after the vaccination;
4. Transport reimbursement for fares to and from vaccination clinics or centres;
5. Medical consultation reimbursement if they need to consult a doctor for side effects arising from the vaccination. The medical consultation fees will be fully reimbursable and not taken from the staff’s standard medical expenses account.

The Bank is undertaking the exercise to spur on greater confidence in the vaccines so people take the step forward, although the programme is not mandatory.

OCBC Bank Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Ong Eng Bin (pictured above), shared: "As an organisation that serves in the front-lines, we have been following closely the rollout of the vaccination programme and decided to come out quickly, strongly and decisively to encourage our staff to protect themselves against the virus in this way. Although the incentives might appear merely intuitive they represent the removal of barriers that can go a long way toward helping the exercise along. Our HR people worked through a range of scenarios and obstacles before coming up with the current list of incentives.

“While the decision to take up the vaccination lies entirely with the staff, we would like them to know that we will be behind them all the way should they decide to sign up for the programme.”

Photo / Menara OCBC and OCBC Bank (Malaysia) CEO, Dato’ Ong Eng Bin

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