The US multinational investment bank Citigroup will start implementing the “no vaccine-free” policy on January 14, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Such a policy was first discussed at the bank in October last year.
The bank is the first large Wall Street institution to pursue such a policy. The measure is in the context of the desire of the financial industry to bring its employees back to the offices despite the spread of the highly contagious version Omicron.
According to the bank, the time has come to start following the guidelines of the administration of President Joe Biden, requiring all civil servants to be fully vaccinated, as the government is a “big and important” client of Citigroup, said the head of the Human Rights Department. resources “at Sarah Wechter Bank in a post at LinkedIn.
Citigroup states that they will allow exceptions for medical, religious and other reasons, and each case will be considered individually.
