The Walt Disney Company Mandates COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Onsite U.S. Employees
The Walt Disney Company is now officially requiring their onsite employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The new requirement will apply to both salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S.
The Walt Disney Company has joined the growing list of major companies and corporations alongside Uber, Netflix, Google, Facebook, and Twitter. All of which who followed suit in requiring employees to be fully-vaccinated as concerns about the Delta variant skyrockets.
The new mandatory vaccination requirement was recently set into place when public officials in Orlando, Florida declared the county in a local state of emergency this past week as COVID-19 cases continue to rise within the state.
According to NY Post, Disney said in a statement:
“At The Walt Disney Company, the safety and well-being of our employees during the pandemic has been and continues to be a top priority. Toward that end, and based on the latest recommendations of scientists, health officials and our own medical professionals that the COVID-19 vaccine provides the best protection against severe infection, we are requiring that all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. working at any of our sites be fully vaccinated.”
In addition, The Mickey Mouse conglomerate are giving unvaccinated employees who work onsite 60 days to get vaccinated as others working from home will need to provide proof of vaccination upon their return. New employees will also have to get vaccinated prior to hire.
Disney theme parks have also buckled down on their mask policy since theme parks are just recently recovering from being shutdown due to last year’s lockdown.
For more COVID-19 news, visit the CDC’s official website.
