Corporations encourage employee vaccination but stop short of mandates
Many of the companies with the largest number of employees say they ll do almost anything to encourage their employees to get vaccinated. But a survey of some of them found that none would be inclined to mandate shots as a condition for holding a job.
Almost all 15 companies surveyed among the largest and most influential Fortune 500 companies have strong pro-vaccine messages from their corporate leadership, emphasizing that the shots can both help protect individuals and bring the pandemic to a close.
CVS Health, which administers covid vaccines as part of the federal pharmacy distribution program, says it strongly encourages the shots for its employees from a public health standpoint but won t mandate them. Starbucks is also encouraging the shots to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” but also doesn t mandate them.
Corporations encourage employee COVID-19 vaccinations but stop short of mandates
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Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines.
It is a delicate decision balancing employee health and personal privacy. Some companies are sidestepping the issue by offering incentives to those who get shots.
Amtrak is paying employees two hours’ worth of regular wages per shot upon proof of the Covid-19 vaccination.Credit.Luke Sharrett for The New York Times
May 7, 2021
As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most delicate pandemic-related decisions: Should they require employees to be vaccinated?
Take the case of United Airlines. In January, the chief executive, Scott Kirby, indicated at a company town hall that he wanted to require all of his roughly 96,000 employees to get coronavirus vaccines once they became widely available.