NYC’s MTA: No Death Benefits For The Unvaccinated

The New York Times reports:

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to extend a $500,000 death benefit to its employees who die of Covid-related causes through the end of 2021, a senior authority official said Monday. But the benefit will remain unavailable to those who decline to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The authority, which runs New York City’s subways, buses and commuter trains, has provided the $500,000 benefit to all of its 68,000 employees since last year. But in April, as vaccines became widely available, the authority decided that, starting in June, the benefit would be available only to the families of employees who had been vaccinated.

That requirement was one of several ways the authority used to urge its workers to get vaccinated. The authority was hit hard by the virus last year, with 171 employees dying of Covid-related causes since the pandemic started.

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“NY’s MTA plans to extend a $500K death benefit to its employees who die of Covid thru the end of ’21, a senior official said Monday. The benefit will remain unavailable to those who decline to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.” https://t.co/sK86CNC1cD

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