Walmart (Garbage classification) Provides more reasons for its employees to vaccinate because its vaccination rate has doubled Coronavirus disease vaccine Provided a $150 reward for vaccinated workers and also encouraged them to wear masks in certain areas of the country.
The retail giant previously paid $75 to employees who were vaccinated against COVID. They will also receive an additional $75 in their salary on August 19. NBC Finance Channel Report.
“We continue to pay close attention to the development of the epidemic and the spread of variants, especially Delta variant,” Walmart said in a memo to employees U.S. allYes “We know that vaccination is our solution to drive change. We urge you to get vaccinated and hope to see more people get vaccinated.”
Walmart’s $150 reward program will be valid until October 4th President Joe Biden On Thursday, states and cities used federal relief funds to pay $100 to citizens who were vaccinated against COVID.
In addition to encouraging employees to vaccinate, Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club will once again require employees to wear masks in certain areas of the country. COVID cases surge Effective immediately, USA Today said.
However, Wal-Mart told the news media in a statement that it would not require customers to wear masks, but it “strongly encourages” customers to wear masks.
The mask requirements for employees “not apply to all stores. Managers will refer to CDC website Get updates related to their county every Monday,” Walmart continued.
After the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines, Wal-Mart eliminated the requirement for masks in May. The guidelines stated that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear masks indoors.
Now, the new mask policy follows The agency’s update recommendations, Released on Tuesday, stating that everyone should wear masks in areas with large or high spread of COVID-19.
Wal-Mart is not the only retailer that has decided to bring masks back to the store.
Apple About half of its 270 US stores have reintroduced a mask policy for all customers, regardless of whether they are vaccinated.
As of 12:48 pm on Friday, US Eastern Time, Wal-Mart’s stock price was $142.66, up 42 cents, or 0.30%.
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