Beginning November 1, the insurance premiums for unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees will be increased by $200 to cover the hospitalization costs of infected employees.
Unvaccinated employees In order to protect colleagues and travelers, starting from September 12th, they will also receive indoor masks and weekly COVID-19 tests. Delta Air Lines is not the only airline to increase vaccination rates. Other airlines such as United Airlines also mandate vaccination.
Emergencies: Delta Air Lines announced that unvaccinated employees will need to pay a health insurance surcharge of $200 a month to cope with increased risks. Who thinks all companies should do this? _
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Emergencies: Delta Air Lines announced that unvaccinated employees will need to pay a health insurance surcharge of $200 a month to cope with increased risks. Who thinks all companies should do this? _
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 25, 2021
Airline is one of the industries worst hit during the pandemic, and it will later receive US$14 billion bailout From the federal government.If there is no rescue plan, airlines like Southwest Airlines will have Lost $1 billionThe increase in Delta aircraft has affected the bookings of Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Spirit.
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian (Ed Bastian) said in an employee memo: “The average hospitalization costs for COVID-19 cost Delta Air Lines $40,000 per person.”
Bastian said that the surcharge is necessary to address the financial risks caused by employees not being vaccinated, adding that all Delta employees hospitalized due to COVID-19 have not been vaccinated.
The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is as high as 150,000 per day As U.S. air travel still fell by more than 20% in 2019.
Delta Air Lines also stated that starting September 30, “According to state and local laws, COVID compensation protection will only be provided to individuals who are experiencing breakthrough infections and have been fully vaccinated.”
Bastian said that approximately 75% of Delta’s 75,000 employees have been vaccinated, and the company hopes to get as close as possible to 100%. Delta Air Lines requires new employees to be vaccinated.
company Chevron, CVS, Amtrack, AT&T, Bank of America, Facebook, Google, McDonald’s, Lyft, Mircosoft, Walgreens, Walmart, UPS, etc. all require their employees to be vaccinated.
