Google says it will eventually lay off employees who comply with the vaccination rules

(Reuters) – Alphabet (NASDAQ 🙂 Inc.’s Google told Google it would lose its employees’ salaries and eventually be fired if they did not comply with COVID-19 vaccine rules, citing internal documents released by CNBC on Tuesday.

According to a report released by Google’s management, employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing evidence or to apply for a medical or religious exemption.

After that date, Google said it would start contacting employees who did not raise their status or were not vaccinated and did not accept exemption requests, CNBC reported.

Employees who do not comply with the vaccination rules by Jan. 18 will be placed on “paid administrative leave” for 30 days, CNBC reported, and will then have “unpaid personal leave” for six months and until the end.

Google did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

Earlier this month, Google indefinitely postponed its plan to return to its office due to fears of the Omicron variant and some of its staff resistance to company-mandated vaccines. He had previously expected the staff to return to the office about three days a week from January 10th.