Posted on 11/17/2021 9:44:39 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- In a letter to staff Tuesday, MGM Resorts International informed employees that it is making changes to its COVID-19 testing process for non-vaccinated hourly employees in Las Vegas.
According to a letter from CEO Bill Hornbuckle, any Las Vegas based employee who is not designated as “Home Office” for their location and who does not have a vaccine verification sticker is required to participate.
Hornbuckle's letter states that beginning Nov. 22, employees will be required to pay $38 per test, which is half the cost the company pays, if they wish to use property onsite testing or obtain a PCR or lab-based antigen test elsewhere and upload their results online to My MGM (self-testing kits will not be accepted).
Hornbuckle notes in the letter that the company will waive the $38 testing co-pay for employees who receive their first dose of a two-shot vaccination by Nov. 27, and employees who receive the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will no longer have to engage in bi-weekly testing.
"Employees who do not timely comply with the testing requirement will be placed on an unpaid Suspension Pending Investigation (SPI) and will not be allowed to work," Hornbuckle's letter states.
Hornbuckle closes out the letter but adding that in Las Vegas, 84% of the company's workforce has "answered the call" to become vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Just bring a note from home.
Walk- in testing here is “ free”
Pay to work, what a great concept. The next thing is a new form of pay that can only be used at MGM hotels.
Isn’t pay-to-play illegal?
Pay to work, what a great concept.
lol...My thoughts..
...employees who receive the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will no longer have to engage in bi-weekly testing.
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These employees will then be the source of transmission going forward.
Have to sell your soul to the company store.
Bunch of Richard Potatoes.
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