Blackstone Requiring Office Staff To Get COVID-19 Booster Shots

Blackstone Inc., the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is requiring its employees in the United States to get COVID-19 booster shots to work in the office, a spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg. Workers must get the booster shots “as soon as practically possible,” a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Office workers will need to be tested for the virus on-site three times a week, they added. Employees at the New York-headquartered company are set to return to offices full-time on Jan. 28 after the company pushed back its original return-to-office deadline of Jan. 18 in light of increasing COVID-19 cases. The Epoch Times has contacted a Blackstone spokesperson for comment. Blackstone’s decision to mandate that its U.S. employees get the booster shots comes shortly after JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon appeared to signal that New York employees who are not vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 may be terminated if they refuse to comply with the company’s vaccination requirements.  » Read full article