BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Sunday that city employees will have an additional week to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they face potential disciplinary action.
That is more than a week after the mandate was set to take place.
Wu’s office said that “productive conversations with municipal unions,” employees will have one more week to get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. No employees will be disciplined or placed on unpaid leave between January 25-30.
The deadline for vaccination proof was initially set for January 15, but Wu then pushed back that date of enforcement to Monday before extending again Sunday.
Wu said since the policy was announced on December 20, more than 1,600 employees submitted proof of vaccination for the first time. As of 2 p.m. on Sunday, 18,265 employees are in compliance with the policy.
“The City will continue communicating with our employees and supporting access to vaccinations before January 30th, 2022 as we work to achieve our goal of vaccinating the entire City workforce,” said Wu.
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