Couchpotato
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I don't have an issue with the paid time off thing. The HC surcharge is BS. They aren't adding a surcharge to the infinite number of other risky behaviors their employees engage in that will likely cost the company and the insurance provider more than getting infected with COVID will. Especially if that employee is under 60, not obese, and otherwise generally healthy. I guess my problem is people who are making all the right choices to stay healthy, and not end up costing the insurance company money are being charged additional costs because they aren't doing one thing the company has deemed is the "right" choice in this particular case. What's even more ridiculous is that I know the insurance companies have done the math (it's what they do) so they know that young (who I assume are the lion's share of Kroger's employees) healthy people are basically zero risk as it pertains to COVID.
Kroger, the U.S. grocery giant, eliminates paid Covid-19 leave for unvaccinated workers. (Published 2021)
The company said some unvaccinated employees in its health plans would be charged $50 a month. It’s unclear how many of the company’s nearly 500,000 employees are vaccinated.www.nytimes.com
"Last year, before coronavirus vaccines were available, the company began offering two weeks of paid time off to employees who contracted Covid-19. Kroger told employees last week that, beginning Jan. 1, that benefit would no longer be available to people who were unvaccinated, the spokeswoman said. The news was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
Unvaccinated employees will still be eligible for other forms of leave, but the special time off will now be open only to fully vaccinated employees.
Kroger also said it would charge salaried workers who are enrolled in a company health care plan $50 a month if they remained unvaccinated. That surcharge would not apply to unionized workers and hourly-wage associates enrolled in a company health care plan."
Seems pretty reasonable to me. Why should Krogers give 2 weeks paid time off for you to be irresponsible? Whatever happened to the old republican credo of "personal responsibility?" I guess the narrative has changed so that no longer applies, just like "law and order" no longer applies if you're storming the nation's capitol building.
