Ford will mandate vaccines for its most of 32,000 U.S. salaried employees, a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday.
Those workers have until December 8 to be fully vaccinated. Employees who refuse to do so and do not have an approved religious or medical exemption could be put on paid leave for a maximum of 30 days. After that time their job protection expires, according to the spokesperson.
"We take employees jobs as well as health and safety seriously. We understand there are many individual circumstances and want to help employees work through it," a spokesperson said. "If employees are making a good faith effort to comply but they have extenuating circumstances that may prevent them from being fully vaccinated by the deadline, we will work them."
"The health and safety of our workforce remains our top priority and we have been very encouraged by the support of our employees to comply with our protocols, including the more than 84% of U.S. salaried employees who are already vaccinated," the spokesperson said. "As we continue to put measures in place to protect our team, Ford will now require most U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, which also aligns to federal contractor guidelines.
Some 56,000 United Auto Workers union members who work for Ford will not be subject to this new company mandate, said Brian Rothenberg, spokesperson for the UAW.
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