CNN has fired three employees who went into the offices without being vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a memo from the network’s president Jeff Zucker.
“In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the office unvaccinated. All three have been terminated,” Zucker wrote in his memo. “Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on this.You need to be vaccinated to come to the office, and you need to be vaccinated to work in the field, with other employees, regardless of whether you enter an office or not.”
CNN does not have a vaccine mandate, they expect WarnerMedia, the network’s parent company to implement a mandate soon. In the meantime, they’ve asked staff coming into the office to attest to their status.
As COVID cases rise across the country because of the more transmissible Delta variant, companies are requiring workers to get vaccinated before returning to their offices. Other media companies, including Fox News and NBCUniversal, are requiring that employees either be vaccinated against COVID-19, or follow extra testing, masking, or social distancing guidelines, according to Hollywood Reporter.
