MGM: More than 98% of salaried workers complied with vaccine mandate

Less than 2 percent of the workers taxable to MGM Resorts International’s vaccine mandate discontinue the institution alternatively than get vaccinated, institution CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle said Monday.

MGM, 1 of the largest employers successful Nevada, announced successful August a caller argumentation that would necessitate each salaried employees who did not enactment from location to amusement impervious of afloat vaccination arsenic a information of employment by Oct. 15. The argumentation affects much than 6,000 workers nationwide for the company.

In a missive to employees Monday, Hornbuckle said conscionable 91 of those employees, oregon little than 2 percent, chose to permission the institution alternatively than abide by the policy. The institution clarified successful an email that the fig of employees who near was really 90.

“I’m blessed to study that much than 98% of our salaried squad members to whom this applied person answered the telephone and are successful compliance with the policy. This is simply a singular result and a large milestone for america arsenic we enactment to make the safest imaginable situation for our employees and guests,” Hornbuckle wrote.

The company’s mandate lone applied to salaried workers, but Hornbuckle noted the increasing vaccination complaint among the company’s wide workforce. He said that 84 percent of the employees who enactment on-site successful Las Vegas — some salaried and hourly —are vaccinated.

“It’s hard to overstate the interaction of having truthful galore of our employees, partners and their families stepping up to person these safe, effective, life-saving vaccines. It’s a testament to however earnestly we instrumentality our committedness to supporting and improving people’s lives successful the communities wherever we operate,” Hornbuckle wrote.

Salaried employees who enactment from location aren’t exempt from the vaccine mandate. Those employees person until Nov. 15 to amusement impervious of afloat vaccination.

Westgate implemented a policy akin to MGM’s that besides went into effect Friday, and the results were remarkably similar. Westgate Chief Operating Officer Mark Waltrip said successful a connection Friday that 98 percent of the employees covered by their argumentation were vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Neither of the policies from MGM oregon Westgate impact unionized workers, but that could soon change. The Culinary Union Local 226, which represents astir 60,000 hospitality workers successful Las Vegas and Reno including 24,000 MGM employees, is “actively negotiating with gaming companies,” connected imaginable agreements, national spokeswoman Bethany Khan said successful a connection Friday.

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