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Kroger is paying its employees $ 100 to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the company announced on Friday.
The 500,000 associates who work at Kroger stores across America can receive a one-time payment after receiving the full dose recommended by vaccine manufacturers.
“We know that the most effective defense against this pandemic comes in the form of the COVID-19 vaccine and in the continuation of the strict safety precautions that we have established in our stores, factories and supply chain,” Dr. Kroger Medical Director Dr. Marc Watkins said Friday -market.
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Grocery stores and retail chains were among the first companies to demand strict masking and social detachment protocols at the beginning of the pandemic, and are now among the first to demand that employees be vaccinated.
Dollar General announced last month that it is giving employees a one-time payment equivalent to four hours of work to obtain their photos.
Aldi said in the same way that it would give employees two hours of compensation for each dose they received, up to four hours in total.
McDonald’s announced this week that it is giving employees four hours of paid time off to receive the vaccine.
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Companies can legally require employees to get the vaccine, but they must make exceptions for medical or religious reasons.
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Kroger said employees who are unable to obtain the vaccine for medical or religious reasons have the option of completing a “health and safety education course” to be paid $ 100.
As of Friday morning, more than 58 million doses of vaccine have been distributed in the United States and 36,819,212 have been administered.