CNN Fires Staff Who Came To Work Unvaccinated
CNN is attempting to keep the Virus from spreading in their offices. According to Jeff Zucker three employees who came to work without the Covid-19 vaccine were fired.
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Zucker emailed his team Thursday to further explain the reasoning of the former employees termination. He stated the three violated the company’s honor system which required all workers to be vaccinated even though no proof of vaccination was requested.
“Let me be clear—we have a zero-tolerance policy on this,” Mr. Zucker said. “You need to be vaccinated to come to the office. And you need to be vaccinated to work in the field, with other employees, regardless of whether you enter an office or not.”
The names of the terminated employees have not been revealed to the public yet according to LAtimes.
Vaccinated employees have been allowed to return to CNN offices on a voluntary basis. They confirmed their vaccination status by using the honor system through the company’s pass-card system and have not been asked to show proof. Zucker said that may change in the weeks ahead.
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Being inside the workplace causes for employees to work closely together. Even big companies such as CBS News are requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination before entering any company facility.
After working from home for more than a year because of the pandemic. Employees are finally allowed to return to the office, but first the vaccination process has to be completed.