Google’s 150,000 employees that are not vaccinated will soon have to face losing their pay or using the search engine to find job openings since they risk losing the job if they fail to comply with the tech giant’s vaccination policy, internal memo shows.
The memo that Google leadership circulated reportedly showed the steps that the company will take before firing employees – that were already expected to state their vaccine statuses until Dec. 3 or apply for some exemption – who are out of compliance with the company’s vaccine policy.
The company will now contact employees that failed to declare their vaccination status, upload documentation showing proof of vaccination, or apply for exemption as well as employees who had their exemption requests denied.
They’ll have until Jan. 18 to comply with Google’s vaccination rules, which stems from President Biden’s executive order, after which they’ll be placed on 30 days paid administrative leave followed by up to six months unpaid personal leave.
If they fail again to comply with the rules within this time framework, they’ll face termination.
While most tech companies have postponed their return-to-work plans and are preparing for a flexible future, Google plans to get most employees back into their offices at least three days a week in January or at some point in the new year.
Almost 40% of its employees have already returned to in-person work, the company said, and about 90% of its offices are already opened.
So, as Google spokesperson explained, its jab rules are one of the most important ways to keep their workforce safe and keep its services running, so it’s showing limited patience for employees who refuse to get the widely available vaccines.
According to data compiled by Kastle Systems, the security company tracks access-card swipes at office buildings, about 41% of the workforce in US major cities have already returned to their desks.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in August that they’ve allowed countries and locations to determine when to ask their employees to return to offices depending on the local conditions which vary greatly.
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