Amazon Tells Staff They Must Be Fully Vaccinated To Get COVID Paid Leave

Amazon has told staff at its U.S. warehouses and logistics sites that they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by March if they want to receive paid leave if they contract the virus. In a Feb. 10 memo to employees obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the Seattle-headquartered company said workers have until March 18 to get two doses of a COVID vaccine if they want to get paid leave. However, the retailer’s paid leave change does not impact workers who have received a religious or medical accommodation, the company said. Unvaccinated employees without such accommodation will be allowed to take one week of unpaid time off for isolation, it said. In January, Amazon reduced its isolation period for employees who test positive for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus to seven days. Before the announcement, the company’s COVID virus paid leave for self-isolation was up to 10 days. The new isolation time came off …  » Read full article