Companies are stepping up the pressure on workers to get vaccinated, taking a more assertive and urgent tone and in some cases asking them to disclose their vaccination status
Companies are stepping up the pressure on workers to get vaccinated—not necessarily with mandates but with strong nudges.. Companies dangled cash, time off and other prizes to encourage vaccinations. Executives made personal appeals in town-hall meetings and internal memos.
Now, some of those efforts are taking a more assertive and urgent tone. While most employers haven’t flat-out ordered staff to get vaccinated, many are asking workers to report their vaccination status or are implementing policies that restrict the activities of unvaccinated workers. Unlike the first wave of corporate efforts—which focused more on getting front-line workers and essential staffers at retailers, hospitals and airlines vaccinated—the latest push affects more professionals at banks, law firms and similar businesses. Some companies say they want reassurance that the majorityGoldman Sachs Group Inc. last week ordered its U.S. employees to disclose in an internal portal whether they had received the vaccine.
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