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In response to workplace vaccination mandates, some employees are trying to "wait out" public health orders and other timeframes using their accrued leave, new cases show.

"People who have been vaccine-hesitant or have an [anti-vaccination] position have sought to take leave – extended leave, leave without pay – in this hope that, at some point, the public health orders will expire and that they can come back to work," King & Wood Mallesons consultant Brett Feltham tells an HR Daily Premium webcast.

This is also a strategy in cases where employees want to receive their choice of vaccine, or wait for further "proof" of vaccines' safety and efficacy.

And it poses a different dilemma for employers, compared to considering vaccination-exemption requests or refusals.

In the excerpt below, Feltham discusses a recent case that features this scenario...