Report: T-Mobile Will Fire Unvaccinated Employees on April 2
T-Mobile reportedly plans to fire unvaccinated employees on April 2.
Bloomberg reports that T-Mobile's corporate employees who aren't vaccinated against COVID by the April 2 deadline will be fired. Employees who are only partly vaccinated by Feb. 21 will also be placed on unpaid leave until they are considered fully vaccinated.
T-Mobile has confirmed these plans to Engadget. "T-Mobile’s badge-controlled offices continue to be accessible only to those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and we have shared with employees that we are requiring office workers to be fully vaccinated by April 2nd," it told Engadget. "We understand that this is a deeply personal decision for some employees but we believe that taking this step will put us in the best position to protect our T-Mobile community."
The company also told The Verge that it will make exceptions "for certain roles, locations and legally mandated accommodations and exemptions." But the policy won't apply to customer service personnel, technicians, and other T-Mobile employees who don't work from its offices.
T-Mobile's decision follows the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID in many states. That variant has started to recede, but a second version of Omicron is said to be spreading, and it's believed to be at least as contagious as the original version. (If not more contagious.)
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