Google is informing employees that 'If you have not been vaccinated, you will be dismissed'

Google has sent a notice to employees saying, 'If you do not follow the company's Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) vaccine policy, you will cut your salary and eventually dismiss.' Revealed from internal documents.

Google employees to lose pay if don't comply with vaccination policy
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According to CNBC, a major American news agency that has confirmed internal documents, the content sent to employees by Google executives said, 'By December 3, 2021, we will inform the company of the vaccination status and its supporting documents. 'Uploading' or 'Applying for vaccination exemption for religious or medical reasons' was instructed. The company will contact employees who have not worked by December 3rd. Employees who do not take the necessary action by January 18, 2022 will be given 30 days of paid leave, and if they do not take action during that period, they will be given 6 months of unpaid leave. You will be dismissed after that.

This time of Google's move, Biden President to 'be mandatory vaccination or weekly inspection to employees as COVID-19 measures until January 18, 2022' for large companies in September 2021 ordered it has been reported to be associated with. Not only Google but also Apple, a giant IT company that is trying to take strong COVID-19 measures, will have 'COVID-19 unvaccinated employees' tested daily for COVID-19 before entering the office. Will be obligatory.

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Then, in November, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals suspended the executive order, but Google's new vaccine policy follows the executive order. 'People who enter Google's building must have been vaccinated twice or stay in accommodation that has permission to enter the building.' 'Frequent testing is not an effective alternative to vaccines. It was written in the internal document.

In the United States, many people oppose vaccination, and only 60% of people have completed two vaccinations. When the above executive order was announced, more than 600 Google employees who opposed the mandatory vaccination signed .

In addition, Google, which requires employees to work from home, initially planned to resume office work from September 2021, but announced in September that it will postpone the resumption until January 10, 2022. However, after that, due to the epidemic of Omicron strains, further postponement was announced in early December.

Google employees will not be required to work in the office on January 10th, but if conditions permit, 'meet your colleagues in person and start regaining the habit of'coming to the office on a regular basis'. Is encouraged. It also offers employees who do not want to be vaccinated to look for 'reasons that are consistent with the executive order.' If there is a religious or medical reason, the vaccination obligation is exempted and we are asking you to provide the reason.