Workplace flu vaccination

• The annual vaccination significantly reduces the risk of contracting flu.
• Vaccinated individuals protect not only themselves but also others (especially at-risk groups and individuals for whom vaccination is not an option).
• Vaccinated individuals minimise their risk of serious complications.
• Vaccinated individuals help reduce working hours lost due to illness and the associated costs.
• The strain on the Swiss health system is lower thanks to the reduced risk of contracting flu.

Studies have shown that around 10% of employees come down with seasonal influenza during an average flu season – at an economic cost to Switzerland of  300 million francs a year. 

With SWICA’s workplace flu vaccination programme:

• Companies protect their employees and at-risk groups and reduce absence rates.
• Companies can carry out vaccinations conveniently and cost-effectively.
• Companies receive help in motivating as many employees as possible to receive the vaccination, since they can be vaccinated free of charge and in a very short time.
• Companies position themselves as employers that actively support their employees’ health.

Vaccinations should be carried out annually, because flu viruses mutate and the flu vaccine is therefore modified every year. The best time to have the vaccination is from mid-October to no later than early December.