Delta Air Lines, a major American airline, has announced that it will add more than 20,000 yen to the monthly medical insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees in order to encourage employees to be vaccinated against the new corona virus.
On the 25th, American airline giant Delta Air Lines released a document for CEO Ed Bastian's employees on its website.
According to the report, while the inoculation rate of the new coronavirus vaccine for employees has reached 75%, the infection of the mutant virus is spreading, and additional measures will be taken to encourage employees to inoculate.
Specifically, the monthly premium for medical insurance that employees who have not been vaccinated since November will be added to $ 200, or about 22,000 yen in Japanese yen.
He explained that the reason for the addition is to deal with the financial risks that the decision not to receive vaccination poses to the company, such as the cost of hospitalization due to infection with the new coronavirus.
United Airlines has already decided to require all domestic employees to be vaccinated, and there is a growing movement to encourage employees to be vaccinated.