These companies are paying their employees to get vaccinated

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As the COVID-19 vaccine is made available to workers everywhere, employers are finding new ways to incentivize employees to get inoculated.

Trader Joe’s and Target are part of the most recent crop of businesses offering paid time off and flexible scheduling to motivate their staff to get vaccinated. The two most popular categories among employers considering incentives include PTO as well as cash and gifts, according to a survey by law firm Fisher Phillips.

The specialty grocery store chain is offering workers two hours of their regular pay for each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine they receive, as well as allowing employees to adjust their schedules to accommodate vaccine appointments.

The discount grocery chain is offering its hourly employees up to four hours of pay —two for each vaccine. Salaried workers will receive flexible hours so they can be vaccinated.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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