Broward Mayor Announces $ 500 Bonus for Employees with COVID-19 Vaccine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County Mayor Steve Geller announced Wednesday that he will not implement the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees. Instead, he said, there will be a $ 500 bonus over a 60-day period for those who provide vaccination tests.

Geller said unvaccinated employees, both union members and union members, will have to pay a fortnightly $ 20 surcharge to pay the additional cost of health insurance and undergo weekly COVID tests after 60 days. .

“We don’t know the percentage of vaccinated employees,” said Geller, who added that the Broward county administrator will enforce the program that will affect about 6,800 employees, excluding the Broward sheriff’s office, the appraiser’s office of property, the supervisor of elections, the clerk of courts, and other constitutional officers of the county.

Geller said the dates will be announced later, but believes the 60-day incentive program period for Broward County employees will begin sometime later this month or October 1st.

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“We’re doing everything we can to encourage voluntary compliance,” said Geller, who added that he uses federal aid related to the coronavirus pandemic to cover the cost of the incentive program.

Geller also said there is a universal mandate for interior face masks in the Broward County government center. He said the best way for Broward employees to protect their community is by wearing face masks and getting the vaccine.

To help reduce hospitalizations, Geller said he also encourages everyone to consider receiving free monoclonal antibody therapy after testing positive for coronavirus.

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