Frontline Challenge As the Walmart and Disney announcements show, extending vaccine mandates from office workers to frontline staff will be difficult.
It’s especially complicated when unionized employees and collective bargaining agreements are involved, as in the case of Disney.
At Albertsons Cos., the vaccination rate of its grocery-store workers is running close to the national average, Chief Executive Officer Vivek Sankaran said this week.
That’s about 60%. “This will be tricky for employers to navigate as our polling shows employees are split on mandates," said Melissa Jezior, CEO of workforce consultant Eagle Hill Consulting, citing an April survey that showed 48% of workers think employers should require vaccines.