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Airline to penalise unvaccinated employees with pricey health insurance
This US airline is penalising unvaccinated employees with a hefty monthly health insurance fee of $200
Delta Airlines has ordered unvaccinated employees to pay an additional surcharge of $200 a month for health insurance.
The airline says that in recent weeks, all employees who required treatment in hospital were not fully vaccinated..
The average cost for a hospital trip to treat Covid-19 has cost the airline approximately $40,000 per person.The airline plans to action the penalty on the first of November this year.
“This surcharge will be necessary to address the financial risk the decision to not vaccinate is creating for our company”
Delta Airlines
US President Biden urges private businesses to vaccinate employees
A number of other US companies have taken a slightly alternative approach, and have instead chosen to mandate vaccinations among employees.
This comes as the highly infectious Delta Covid-19 variant continues to make its way into parts of the country with low vaccination rates.
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