{"id":321008,"date":"2021-08-10T21:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/citigroup-requiring-covid-vaccines-for-returning-staffers\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:06:30","slug":"citigroup-requiring-covid-vaccines-for-returning-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/citigroup-requiring-covid-vaccines-for-returning-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Citigroup requiring COVID vaccines for returning staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Citigroup requiring COVID vaccines for returning staffers<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Citigroup is requiring its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before stepping foot inside any of its major offices.<\/p>\n<p>In<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/posts\/sarawechter_heres-the-latest-on-our-return-to-office-activity-6830881366889132032-SC9Z\/\"> a memo <\/a>to its staff on Tuesday, the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le bank run by CEO Jane Fraser told employees that they must be fully vaccinated before taking part in a return-to-office plan that will have employees back at their desks at least two days a week starting Sept. 13. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the increased number of employees returning to these buildings, and the Delta variant in the US, we are taking this approach to ensure a safe workplace,\u201d Citi\u2019s head of human resources Sara Wechter wrote in the missive. <\/p>\n<p>The mandate is a first for Wall Street as financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley do whatever it takes to get staffers back at their desks.<\/p>\n<p>The rule applies to Citi\u2019s major offices in NYC, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Chicago, but not to Citi bank branches.<\/p>\n<p>Employees who don\u2019t want to get vaccinated will have to make plans with their managers to work remotely, people with knowledge of the decision tell The Post. <\/p>\n<p>There will be no carve-outs to the in-office rule for any reason \u2014 including religious and health exemptions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"person is vaccinated\" class=\"wp-image-19080805 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/citibank-vaccines-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/citibank-vaccines-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/citibank-vaccines-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/citibank-vaccines-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><figcaption>Unvaccinated employees \u2014 including those currently working onsite \u2014 won\u2019t be allowed to continue coming into the office after September 13.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Citi employees will still be expected to wear masks in the office, a policy the bank rolled out after the CDC recommended even vaccinated people mask indoors. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, Morgan Stanley and Jefferies Financial also announced plans to require employees who wished to return to the office to get the COVID vaccine. <\/p>\n<p>But they have not pulled the trigger yet \u2014 making Citi the first bank to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the mandate could hinder Fraser\u2019s return-to-office plans. The vaccine requirement comes about a month before employees are expected to return, but it can take up to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/fully-vaccinated.html\">six weeks to become fully vaccinated<\/a>.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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In a memo to its staff on Tuesday, the Big Apple bank run by CEO Jane Fraser told employees that they must be fully vaccinated before taking part&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/citibank-vaccines-01-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[113833,70932,82862,70360],"class_list":["post-321008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-10-21","tag-citigroup","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}