News

#The Wall Street Journal: Citigroup warns employees they’ll be fired if they don’t get COVID-19 vaccine

Table of Contents

#The Wall Street Journal: Citigroup warns employees they’ll be fired if they don’t get COVID-19 vaccine

Citigroup Inc. 
C,
+1.34%
 told its U.S. staff it planned to follow through on previous warnings and would terminate unvaccinated employees in the coming weeks.

The New York bank reminded staff they had one more week, until Jan. 14, to get vaccinated. After that, the bank told employees, anyone who is still unvaccinated will be placed on unpaid leave, according to people familiar with the matter. Their employment would terminate on Jan. 31, the people said.

See also: 3 key takeaways from the Supreme Court showdown over the vaccine-or-test rule for businesses

Nearly 95% of the bank’s U.S. employees are now vaccinated, one of the people said. The figure has been rising and is expected to keep going higher, the people said. The bank is allowing religious and medical exemptions for employees, and is following local laws.

An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.

Top stories from WSJ.com

Hiring Hit Annual Record Despite December Slowdown

After Two Weeks of Flight Cancellations, Airlines Assess What Went Wrong

If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Google News too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.

For forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com

If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our News category.

Source

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button
Close

Please allow ads on our site

Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker!