T-Mobile US Inc has announced on Friday via an email from its human resource chief to all staff that unvaccinated employees who are not properly vaccinated against COVID-19 will be laid off by April 2.
According to an internal business memo leaked on the independent blog TMOnews.com, T-Mobile’s new policy comes after President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing rule for major employers was invalidated by the US Supreme Court on Jan. 13.
“Employees who have not yet taken action to receive their first dose and upload proof by February 21 will be placed on unpaid leave,” the blog quoted the memo as saying. “Affected employees who do not become fully vaccinated … by April 2 will be separated from T-Mobile.”
The memo addressed to “all employees (excluding international),” stated that the vaccine rules do not apply to field technicians and most in-store retail roles.
In a statement on Saturday, T-Mobile said “we are requiring office workers (with a limited exception for certain roles, locations and legally mandated accommodations and exemptions) to be fully vaccinated by April 2.” It added that “badge-controlled offices continue to be accessible only to those who are vaccinated against COVID-19.”
