One of my renters, an unmarried black woman with three children, tested positive for Covid. No symptoms and the kids did not get sick. But the rest home where she was a prized employee, much loved by the clients and staff, sent her home for 14 days with no pay. So, her first day of no-work-no-pay, she applied at a nearby prison. They started her the next day. (In my entire working career, I never heard of a company doing that as the accountants want you to start at the beginning of a pay period.) The rest home lost her and she got a significant raise. She is the forth person I’ve rented to who had something similar happen. All of them ended up employed elsewhere.
The local McDonald’s will pay you $50 to come interview. One of my part time helpers said there are no-prior-knowledge jobs offering up to $17/hr to start. The work situation around here is better than I have ever witnessed with every employer hanging out the “Now Interviewing” shingle. The nurse will have no problem bettering her situation. Employers who do things like the no-paid-time-off, or firing employees for, essentially, political reasons, are cutting off their own noses.
I work at a chemical refinery with about 140 employees. Management and HR decided they wouldn’t make the vax mandatory. What they are doing is giving every employees that gets the vax a $50 Amazon card. The simple bribery seems to be working as they company is up to about 60% vaxed.
I got my shot weeks ago before they were offering the money, but I did get my gift card the other day. Seems like a decent approach.