Aug. 23, 2021 – While dozens of companies began mandating masks or vaccinations for workers or customers – and sometimes both – because of the coronavirus Delta variant, many more firms and governments are joining the movement following the FDA’s decision to grant the Pfizer vaccine full approval on Monday.
For them, the FDA decision removes one of the final barriers to requiring vaccinations: That the vaccine wasn’t yet fully approved. While exemptions do exist, in some cases anyone refusing to be vaccinated will have to undergo regular testing for COVID-19.
More mandates was a goal for some. President Joe Biden on Monday specifically asked private companies to now require vaccinations. The Pentagon, too, on Monday announced it would move forward with its plans to require military personnel to get the shots.
Here is a list of companies and governments requiring vaccines:
Governments:
- Federal government – Employees and contracts must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing, wear masks and social distance at work.
- New York City -- Public school employees required to be vaccinated
- British Columbia – Residents must be vaccinated to attend certain events.
- Virginia – State employees must be vaccinated or get tested weekly.
- New Orleans – Individuals must be vaccinated or have proof of a recent negative test to visit certain businesses.
Tech:
- Google -- Vaccine requirement for employees returning to the office
- Facebook -- All employees must get vaccinated before returning to the office.
- Microsoft -- Employees, vendors, and guests entering Microsoft’s buildings will need proof of vaccination.
- Twitter – Employees returning to offices must be vaccinated.
Travel/transit
- Lyft -- All employees working in Lyft’s offices must be vaccinated.
- Uber – All office workers, but not drivers, must be vaccinated.
- Frontier airlines – All employees must be vaccinated or regularly show proof of a negative test
- Delta – New hires must be vaccinated.
- Hawaiian Airlines: Employees must get vaccinated or apply for religious or medical exemption and be tested regularly.
- United Airlines – Employees must be vaccinated.
- Amtrak – Employees must be vaccinated or be tested weekly.
Service/retail:
- UPS – Employees returning to in-person work must get vaccinated.
- Walmart -- All corporate employees must be vaccinated.
- Saks Fifth Avenue – All employees must be vaccinated.
- Cisco – Employees returning to offices must be vaccinated.
- McDonald’s – All corporate employees must be vaccinated. Policy does not apply to restaurant workers.
- New York Stock Exchange: Anyone accessing the trading floor must be vaccinated.
Entertainment:
- Netflix -- Mandated vaccinations for cast and crew on all U.S. productions.
- Disney – All employees must be vaccinated.
Medical/pharmaceutical companies:
- Novartis -- Employees must be vaccinated before returning to the office or show proof of a negative test.
- Pfizer – Employees must be vaccinated or be tested weekly.
- Eli Lilly – Employees must be vaccinated or be tested weekly.
- Johnson & Johnson – Employees must be vaccinated.
- Centene – Workers required to be vaccinated or get tested regularly and wear masks.
Media:
- The Washington Post – Employees must be vaccinated or show proof of a medical issue or religious concern.
- NBCUniversal – All employees must be vaccinated.
- Fox News – Employees must report their vaccination status, but vaccines are not required.
- CNN – Employees returning to offices must be vaccinated.
- The New York Times – Employees returning to offices must be vaccinated.
- ViacomCBS – Employees working on site must be vaccinated.
Other:
- Tyson Foods -- Office, slaughterhouse, and poultry plant employees must be vaccinated by Nov. 1.
- Texas Instruments – Workers required to get vaccinated.
- Chevron – Employees who work in other countries, travel internationally or work on U.S.-flagged ships must be vaccinated.