Citigroup will fire US employees at the end of January if they have not been vaccinated or received an exemption, according to a person briefed on the matter, adopting one of the strictest policies among big banks on Wall Street.
The bank had said in October that it would require staff in the US to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of their employment, and set a January 14 deadline for employees to report whether they had been vaccinated or received a medical or religious exemption, or other exceptions allowed under local law.
At Citi, employees who have not been vaccinated will be placed on unpaid leave for the rest of the month and fired on January 31, the person said. News of the bank’s deadline was first reported by Bloomberg News.