Apple gives employees paid time off to get vaccinated

To encourage employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Apple is offering paid time off for vaccine appointments and paid sick time for those experiencing side effects, reports Bloomberg.

Apple does not have its own vaccine supply and does not provide vaccines to workers, so employees will need to be vaccinated at medical facilities in their state.

Since last spring, Apple’s campuses in Cupertino, California and other cities have been largely closed, with most employees working from home. Retail stores around the world were also closed for most of the year.

The vaccines will speed up the reopening of Apple campuses and allow employees to return to work sooner. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview in March that he “couldn’t wait” for employees to return to work in person. Cook said people have to be together because you can’t plan for collaboration and innovation.

“Innovation isn’t always a planned activity. It bumps into the course of the day and advances an idea you just had. And you really need to be together to do it.”

Cook said in March that Apple does not have a firm return-to-work date for employees, but in California, where Apple’s two main campuses are located, anyone over 16 will be able to get the vaccine. from April 15. employees that staff could return to campuses as early as June.

Retail workers have returned to work as every Apple store in the United States has reopened since March 1, but many company employees are still working from home.

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