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In an email sent to employees Thursday, which was seen by several US media outlets, CNN chief Jeff Zucker wrote that last week, the company learned of three employees who went to work without vaccinations. The employment contract was terminated with all three.
“I want to make it clear that we have a zero tolerance policy on this,” Zucker wrote in an internal document, excerpts of which were posted on Twitter by CNN journalist Oliver Darcy.
The letter does not indicate which employees were fired, what positions they held, or where they were employed. CNN has yet to comment.
The broadcaster adheres to rules based on the principle of good faith, which oblige employees to be vaccinated but does not require proof of vaccination. However, Mr. Zucker indicated that this could be changed.
According to J. Zucker, vaccination is mandatory for all personnel covering events, all employees, as well as for everyone who enters the offices.
In May, the US federal government declared that employers have the right to require their employees who come to the workplace to be vaccinated against a pandemic coronavirus.
Tech giants, including Facebook, Google and Microsoft, have said they will require their employees to get vaccinated before returning to the offices.
A chain of major US companies has recently revised their COVID-19 rules, vaccination instructions or delayed the return of workers to offices because a more contagious strain of the delta coronavirus caused a new increase in cases. of COVID-19.
In a letter to employees, Zucker wrote that CNN would likely postpone until October 7 the planned return of all company employees to the offices.
According to him, about a third of the station’s news service staff currently work at CNN’s offices.
