{"id":398563,"date":"2022-01-24T22:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vaccinated-nike-employee-fired-for-denying-vax-proof-to-third-party\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T22:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:01:18","slug":"vaccinated-nike-employee-fired-for-denying-vax-proof-to-third-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vaccinated-nike-employee-fired-for-denying-vax-proof-to-third-party\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vaccinated Nike employee fired for denying vax proof to third party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Vaccinated Nike employee fired for denying vax proof to third party<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A vaccinated Nike employee claims he was fired for refusing to upload proof of his vaccination status to a third-party verification service used by the sportswear giant, a report said. <\/p>\n<p>Dex Briggs, 53, was let go from his job as a marketing manager at Nike\u2019s headquarters in Portland, Oregon last month for not complying with the company\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2022\/01\/frustrations-over-nikes-vaccine-policy-illuminate-challenges-in-implementing-mandates.html\">The Oregonian reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs said he was always willing to show his COVID-19 vaccine card to Nike \u2014 but became concerned when he realized the policy called for staffers to hand over their vaccine information to another company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have my vaccination card. I\u2019m quite willing to show you that. But I\u2019m not willing to give my personal information to this (outside) company, and any other company they want to share it with, without even telling me who they are,\u201d Briggs told the outlet of his decision. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=841\" alt=\"Briggs was willing to show the company his COVID-19 vaccine card instead of using the service.\" class=\"wp-image-20946880\" width=\"281\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=555 562w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=416 421w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=277 281w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=139 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Dex-Briggs-nike-vaccine-mandate-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\"\/><figcaption>Briggs was willing to show the company his COVID-19 vaccine card instead of using the service.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Natalie Behring\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Briggs argued he didn\u2019t trust a third party company with his personal information because he and his wife had previously been victims of identity theft. <\/p>\n<p>He said it was frustrating Nike had refused to recognize his actual vaccine card as proof of vaccination. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they trying to accomplish with this policy? That should be all that matters,\u201d Briggs said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is the policy so, I don\u2019t know, so restrictive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briggs had worked at Nike for more than 22 years, according to his LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>The sportswear giant announced last fall that it would be requiring corporate employees to be vaccinated. <\/p>\n<p>Employees who missed the deadline to verify their vaccination status started losing their jobs last month. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Nike-vaccine-mandate.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Briggs said that he was against providing the service with his vaccine information due to identity theft concerns.\" class=\"wp-image-20946903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Nike-vaccine-mandate.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Nike-vaccine-mandate.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Nike-vaccine-mandate.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Briggs said that he was against providing the service with his vaccine information due to identity theft concerns.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Natalie Behring\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nike hasn\u2019t responded to The Post\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear how many Nike employees were terminated as a result of the company\u2019s vaccine mandate.\n                        <\/p><\/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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