Dollar General to Pay Workers to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Dollar General will pay workers to get vaccinated.

The Tennessee-based variety store chain will give employees, considered essential during the pandemic, four hours of pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as more companies aim to curb the spread of the virus and mitigate customer safety concerns regarding in-store purchases.

“We don’t want our employees to have to choose between getting a vaccine or coming to work, so we are working to remove the barriers,” Dollar General said in a press release highlighting its decision to pay workers who want to be vaccinated, highlighting obstacles. such as childcare needs and travel time.

Dollar General will pay employees who choose to be vaccinated, although this is not mandatory. (iStock)

“We understand that the decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccination is a personal choice, and while we encourage employees to take it, we are not asking them to do so,” the statement continued.

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Dollar General, which employs 157,000 workers and has 16,720 stores across the country, is one of the first large companies to pay its workers for immunizations.

Currently, healthcare workers and people in long-term care facilities like nursing homes are prioritized for immunization in most states. States determine eligibility for vaccination.

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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee recommended that public-facing workers in grocery stores participate in the next round of vaccines, phase 1b, alongside frontline workers such as police officers, firefighters , employees of the US Postal Service, prison officers. , teachers and farm workers.