The network on Wednesday said it will give its more than 350,000 hourly employees up to four hours of pay – two hours for each dose they receive – and free Lyft trips of up to $ 15 each way to and from their homes. vaccine appointments.
The news comes when Kroger (KR) for Starbucks (SBUX) announce similar plans to pay employees to be vaccinated.
Kroger is giving employees a one-time payment of $ 100 if they show they have received the full doses recommended by the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer.
Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Instacart also announced that they would pay workers to encourage them to get vaccinated. Starbucks earlier this week said it was giving its employees up to two hours of paid time off per dose.
Company policies emerge amid a slow start to vaccine implantation in the United States. More than 42 million doses of vaccine have been distributed so far, according to the most recent data from the CDC, and about 10% of the US population has been received at least one dose of a vaccine. Federal officials said 20 million people would have received their first doses by the end of 2020.
Target also said that is partnering with CVS (CVS), which has 1,700 locations in Target stores across the country, to offer vaccines to its employees in its stores and distribution centers in the future.