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Kroger will stop paid emergency leave for unvaccinated workers The Wall Street Journal reported.
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It said in a memo those workers will no longer get two weeks paid leave if infected with COVID-19.
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It is also adding a $50-per-month charge to some unvaccinated employees’ health plans, the report said.
The grocery chain Kroger will no longer offer paid emergency leave to workers who are not vaccinated against coronavirus and who get infected with the virus, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a memo to employees sent last week.
The policy comes into effect on January 1, 2022, The Journal reported.
Kroger currently includes those workers in its two weeks paid leave policy.
The Journal reported that the rule change will apply “unless local jurisdictions require otherwise.”
The company is also adding a $50-per-month charge to the health plans of managers who aren’t vaccinated and of non-union employees, the memo said, according to The Journal.
Kroger earlier this year paid employees $100 to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and let employees who can’t get vaccinated do a health and safety course to get the payment.
It also gave prizes to people who got vaccinated its stores.
It comes amid a push by the Biden administration for companies to ensure their employees are vaccinated against coronavirus.
The Pesident Joe Biden wants to enforce vaccination for federal government employees and employees at companies with more than 100 workers from January 4. Employees would also be able to get regularly tested instead.
But his plans face a series of legal challenges, and pushback from Republicans.
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