Tyson Foods said it would require its 120,000 workers to get the COVID vaccine after its meatpacking plants were criticized as hot spots for infections early in the pandemic.
The company said only 56,000 of its employees had been vaccinated so far - for a rate of 46.6%. That compares to 50.2% of the US population as a whole that has a vaccine.
Front-line workers who comply with the rule will get $200, the company said, but The United Food and Commercial Workers that represents Tyson workers have opposed the mandate, saying that the vaccine still isn t fully cleared by the FDA.
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Employer efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in benefit programs expected to surge Willis Towers Watson survey finds social determinants of health hold increased importance in employer health and wellbeing strategies Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company Annandale, Virginia, UNITED STATES
ARLINGTON, Va., April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The number of employers that will promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their benefit programs and workplaces is expected to jump sharply over the next three years, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company.
The Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey found that four-fifths of employers will take steps to promote DEI in their workplace culture and policies over the next three years compared with just 55% that took measures over the past three years. Additionally, seven in 10 employers indicated