Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, Amazon, Best Buy, American Airlines Among Companies Are Providing Incentives to Employees Who Get Covid-19 Vaccines
Kroger is offering $100 to employees who get vaccinated.
Albertsons employees who get the vaccine are being paid a $100 bonus.
Employees of AutoZone get a $100 payment if they get vaccinated.
If you are employed by Amazon, there are multiple on site vaccination clinics. Current employees who show proof of vaccination get an $80 bonus; for new employees, it is $100.
Walmart, Sam's Club and Supply Chain are offering a $75 bonus.
Target is offering to pay for Uber or Lyft rides to a from vaccination sites (up to $15 each way). Moreover, Target's hourly employees will also receive up to four hours of pay.
AT & T does Target one better, setting up 21 on-site vaccination clinics for its employees.
Food and yogurt company Chobani will cover six hours of time off in total in order for its employees to get vaccinated.
Marriott is offering all employees paid time off for their vaccinations.
Darden, the parent company behind restaurant chains such as the Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, is offering employees 4 hours of paid leave to get vaccinated.
If you work for Best Buy, you can get 4 hours PTO if you are a part-time employee, and 8 if you are full-time. The PTO is characterized as a "Thank You," and may be used by employees however they wish after vaccination. If employees experience side effects after vaccination, they will receive additional sick time: 4 hours for part-time employees and 8 hours for full-time employees.
The following information is from this International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans article:
Wells Fargo: Up to 8 hours PTO
Target: Up to 4 hours of pay (2 hours for each vaccine dose) to hourly employees to get vaccines
Chobani: Up to 6 hours of time for employees to get vaccinated—3 hours for each of the two COVID-19 vaccine doses
Bank of America: Option to use 2 half days, for up to 4 hours each, for vaccination appointments
JPMorgan Chase: Up to 8 hours of time off to accommodate a COVID-19 vaccine appointment
Citigroup: Whatever paid time away from work is reasonably necessary to travel to and get the vaccine
Tyson Foods: Up to four hours of regular pay for employees who wish to be vaccinated off site
Starbucks: Up to 2 hours of paid time off to receive each dose of the vaccine, up to two doses
Krispy Kreme: Up to 4 hours of paid time off to get vaccinated.
Aldi’s discount grocery chain it will give its hourly workers 4 hours total of PTO to get vaccinated.
American Airlines employees who get vaccinated will get an extra day off next year and $50 in American's employee recognition program.
Amtrak is giving employees a bonus of 2 hours of pay when they show proof of their vaccination, as well as excusing absences for those who get vaccinated during work hours.
Dollar Stores is giving its employees a stipend worth 4 hours of work to get vaccinated
Instacart began giving a $25 "vaccine support stipend" to in-store employees and independent contractors.
Grocery chain Lidl announced it will give $200 of extra pay to its US employees who choose to get the vaccine.
McDonald’s workers at both corporate headquarters and restaurants will get up to 4 hours of paid time off to get vaccinated.
Publix, the southern grocery chain is giving its employees $125 gift cards when they show proof of vaccination
Trader Joe’s is giving its workers an additional two hours of pay for each dose they receive.
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