Kroger ends some COVID-era benefits for unvaccinated employees

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17 thoughts on “Kroger ends some COVID-era benefits for unvaccinated employees

    1. You’re right. If they aren’t smart enough to get vaccinated they aren’t smart enough to work at Kroger.

    1. You’re charged more for insurance if you’re a smoker. That’s been going on for well over a decade now. Does that bother you too?

    2. Apples to oranges, Wesley H. These Kroger employees aren’t buying a product to protect against emergency health costs. They are simply getting paid less because they made a personal health choice they believe to be in the best interest of their own health.

    3. They are getting paid less because they’ve made a health choice with a demonstrably higher risk of incurring large medical bills … same as smoking.

      Unless they go work elsewhere. You know, if enough Kroger employees bail, Kroger will drop this policy.

      Funny how many people don’t want the free market to work…

  1. Their bodies, their choices, right?

    If you don’t like it as a customer, start a protest against Kroger. And if the workers don’t like it, the job market is insane and they can likely find a job with higher wages elsewhere.

    1. This type of worker will likely do just that. I don’t know, but say Meijer, as an example, does not require this. These people will simply go to work for them, Target, or some other place that does not require vaccinations. I’m ok with employers requiring this. However, it could have some consequences for stores like Kroger, which like most, is already suffering from a labor shortage.

  2. This variant isn’t causing hospitalizations quit lying to the public, hospitals have mandated themselves in to this mess. When Krogers cut hours for lack of employees, which is coming, shop at Wal-Mart

    1. “Walmart, the largest private-sector employer in the U.S., is following through on its requirement for corporate-campus staff to be vaccinated by Oct. 4 — a mandate that also applies to market, regional and divisional employees who work in multiple facilities. Front-line store employees will be subject to President Joe Biden’s plan to require personnel at businesses with more than 100 workers to be fully vaccinated or get tested each week.”

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/walmart-says-overwhelming-majority-meet-staff-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAPhyAq

    2. “This variant”. Which variant? The words “variant”, “delta”, “omicron” do not appear on this web page before your post, and “variant” and “omicron” appear only at the bottom under “other stories”.
      .
      Care to enlighten us as to what you’re talking about? If you’ve got a point, make it.

    3. if forced vaccination is such a good idea why is the legislative branch of our government NOT required to follow the executive order? If they are provided choice why cant the people that voted them into office also have choice without repercussions?

    4. Jamey R. Business are free to run their business in a way that they believe will keep the employees safe and profits in the black. If employees are making poor health care choices and those choices endanger the smooth operation of the business or burden them with excessive costs, then they should have the choice to let the employee know there are real world consequences to their employees poor choices.

    5. Dan your response is an opinion, being vaccinated doesn’t prevent anyone from getting COVID or prevent the spreading of it.

    1. Kroger is saying if you are vaccinated you dont have to get tested? Sounds like identifying as Transvaccinated is the way to go……….

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