New Delhi: Alphabet-owned Google has informed employees through a memo that if they do not follow the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policies amid the growing Omicron threat, they will lose their salaries and will eventually be fired. will be given, the media has reported. This comes at a time when other tech companies are postponing the return to the office while Google is on its way back to work from the office.
According to a report in CNBC, a memo has been circulated among employees, asking them to declare their vaccination status and upload a relevant document for proof or apply for exemption for medical or religious reasons. limit was given. The company said that after that date it would begin contacting employees who had not uploaded their status or had not been vaccinated, as well as those whose waiver requests were not approved, the report said.
According to the memo, Google employees who fail to comply with the company’s immunization policies by the January 18 deadline will be placed on “paid administrative leave” for one month and will subsequently be given “unpaid leave” for six months. shall be placed on personal leave”, which shall be followed by dismissal from service.
In another news, tech giant Apple had earlier in November decided to recall its employees under a new hybrid plan, which will come into effect from February 2022. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company’s employees would need to report in one to two offices. Days in the week for the first month. From March, the tech giant will implement a hybrid action plan. However, an Apple store in the US state of Texas had to close after at least 22 of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus last week, fueling speculation that the iPhone maker was delaying its return to office plans. Will do
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