Delta Adds Surcharge for Unvaccinated Employees

It’s getting closer and closer everyday. If you don’t have the mark of the “vaccine” on your arm then you can’t travel, you can’t work, you can’t enter schools or stadiums and soon you won’t be able to enter a grocery store. So really, you won’t be able to buy or sell anything without the Covid shot mark.  Delta isn’t going to mandate the shot for existing employees but has decided to charge them $200/month to remain shot-less. 

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CHICAGO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) on Wednesday said employees will have to pay $200 more every month for their company-sponsored healthcare plan if they choose to not be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The move to add a surcharge to health insurance contributions is the latest tactic by corporate America to push employees to get the shots to fight the pandemic.

A number of U.S. companies, including Delta competitor United Airlines (UAL.O), have mandated shots for their employees to protect their operations from the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, which has especially hit parts of the country with lower vaccination levels.

President Joe Biden has also urged private businesses to require employees to be vaccinated.

 In a staff memo, Delta Air Chief Executive Ed Bastian said the monthly surcharge would take effect on Nov. 1. He said the surcharge is necessary to address the financial risk the Atlanta-based airline faces from the decision to not vaccinate.

Wade Symons, partner and regulatory resources group leader at global consulting firm Mercer, reckons U.S. companies have reached a "tipping point" for taking stricter measures to motivate employees to get vaccinated.

"We anticipate more companies will announce vaccine mandates and surcharges in the coming weeks," he said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/delta-add-200-monthly-health-insurance-charge-unvaccinated-staff-2021-08-25/