Sands China Ltd will offer Family Vaccine Leave and a vaccination seminar for its team members to encourage vaccinations for both young and elderly family members, completing the full sextet of Macau concessionaires providing such support.
The company said Thursday that the new category of paid leave was created to assist team members who need to accompany family members to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Family Vaccine Leave will be available from 7 March to 1 June 2022 for team members to accompany children under 18 or parents aged 65 or over for their jabs.
“Sands China remains committed to fulfilling our corporate social responsibility and supporting the government’s pandemic precautions,” said Sands China President, Dr Wilfred Wong.
“We are pleased to offer team members this new category of paid leave to help minimise the risk of the virus spreading in the Macau community. We hope this can help further Macau’s efforts to promote personal and public health and hasten pandemic recovery.”
Sands China is also hosting a seminar for team members at The Venetian Macao this week entitled “COVID-19 Vaccination Among Children and Elderly”. The seminar is being conducted by Carolina Ung, assistant professor of the faculty of health sciences at the University of Macau, and promotes the importance of COVID-19 vaccination for those two target groups.
