United Airlines employees who are granted exemptions to the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for religious reasons will be put on temporary unpaid leave starting next month.
mandate, requiring its 67,000 employees to get a shot by Sept. 27, CNBC reported. The company said it would consider exemptions for religious, medical, and personal reasons.
Those who interact with customers -- such as pilots, flight attendants, gate agents and airport customer service staff -- will be put on unpaid leave until “theThose who don’t interact with customers, such as mechanics and dispatchers, can return to work once new weekly testing and safety protocols are in place. The airline expects to provide an update about the timing by mid-October, though the official return-to-work date could be “significantly later,” United wrote in the memo.
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