“I could see us doing [a vaccine mandate] if people were dying like crazy,” said one worker who has resisted calls from his employer to get vaccinated.
Resistance to vaccinations and to potential mandates remains nearly two years into a pandemic that has ravaged the retail and grocery industry. Because of their heightened exposure to the public, the risk of death from the virus among food workers increased by 39 percent and by 18 percent among retail workers, compared to pre-pandemic levels,to a University of California San Francisco study published in January. The virus increased the risk of death among nonessential workers by 11 percent.
Ahl, who has worked at McDonald’s for two years, said the company posted signs in the break room encouraging workers to get vaccinated. A vaccination reminder also pops up every time an employee logs on to the computers, she said. The company has provided webinars and reading materials to educate workers about the vaccines, along with four hours’ paid time off to get vaccinated.the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccine on Aug.
Until recently, employers have depended on cash incentives, bonuses, gift certificates and paid time off to overcome hesitancy about the vaccines, said Devjani Mishra, a lawyer with Littler Mendelson, a global employment and labor law firm representing management. Kroger employees get $100 bonuses with proof of vaccination, and vaccinated Publix employees get $125 gift cards. Walmart recently doubled its cash incentive from $75 to $150. But bonuses and gift cards have gone only so far — and with full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, employers are considering more aggressive measures, Mishra said.“These are small things that move things along without making it a requirement of employment,” she said.
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