(Reuters) – German supermarket chain Aldi on Tuesday became the latest grocery company to offer incentives to US employees receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, saying it would pay up to four hours for those who choose to receive inoculations.
The retailer, which has more than 2,000 stores in 37 U.S. states, said it would cover the costs associated with vaccine administration and implement on-site vaccination clinics in its warehouses and offices.
Dollar General Corp. last week offered frontline employees a similar incentive after getting the vaccine, while grocery delivery company Instacart said it would pay $ 25 to more than half a million workers if they decided to take time off. free to get vaccinated.
Aldi said he was working with U.S. officials to get workers priority access to the workers’ vaccine, joining other companies, including Amazon.com Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., pushing to bring workers closer to the former. vaccine line.
However, conflicting local and state guidelines on how shots will be administered and to workers have made the navigation process for vaccine deployment confusing for corporations and industry agencies.
So far, most companies around the world have been silent on whether they would try to get doses for employees, even as some Indian companies are thinking of buying COVID-19 directly for their employees once the vaccines are in place. are commercially available.
Uday Sampath reports in Bengaluru; Edition by Ramakrishnan M.