{"id":1030977,"date":"2022-01-13T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=1030977"},"modified":"2022-01-13T18:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T00:16:14","slug":"nike-plans-to-start-firing-unvaccinated-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-plans-to-start-firing-unvaccinated-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Will Fire Unvaccinated COVID-19 Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
COVID-19 has presented challenges for a number of companies including the sportswear giant Nike. Factory closures, store shut-downs, logistic nightmares, and even a signature athlete, Kyrie Irving, publicly holding out from getting vaccinated – COVID has presented a variety of hurdles for Nike to deal with the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week, Nike notified some employees that it plans to fire them on Saturday, January 15th because they haven\u2019t met the company\u2019s deadline to verify their vaccination against COVID-19 and haven\u2019t received an exemption for religious or medical reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This move by Nike is a bold and assertive step with respect to mandates, but those familiar with the situation have indicated that the actual number of employees who will lose their job will be relatively small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n