AA goes against vaccine sceptics, slashing sick pay for unvaccinated staff
The AA is slashing extra sick pay for unvaccinated staff that needs to self-isolate following a Covid contact.
In an email sent to its 7,000 workers, the AA said that unvaccinated workers who don’t have a medical exemption, will not get sick pay if they have to quarantine, the Telegraph first reported.
“All staff who become sick with Covid-19 are paid in line with normal company sick pay eligibility,” said an AA spokesperson. “However, those who choose not to follow NHS advice to get vaccinated are not paid for periods of self-isolation if the reason for them needing to self-isolate is they are unvaccinated.
“Where an employee cannot be vaccinated on medical grounds, they are treated as if they are vaccinated for pay purposes.”
Under the new regulations, staff that contracts the virus will still be paid but vaccinated workers will receive an increased sick pay.
The AA is the latest company to take action against unvaccinated staff. Following Ikea’s decision to cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff on 11 January, several other companies joined including Next, Ocado and Morrisons.