United Airlines is terminating nearly 600 employees for failing to get vaccinated for the novel coronavirus, the company said in a statement, APA reports citing Sputnik.
These employees account for less than 1 percent of its US workforce, according to a company memo attached to the statement.
"I can also confirm that 593 employees chose not to comply with the vaccine requirement and as a result, we’ve started the process to separate them from the company," the statement said on Tuesday.
The company extended the deadline for those who applied for a medical or religious accommodation, the memo said, which media outlets reported as amounting to around 2,000. The company said they did so "in light of a pending court case."
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