Luke’s spokeswoman Sarah Corizzo said in a statement. The remaining 0.5 percent of workers who are non-compliant reflects “a range of team members,” St. Kim Reynolds last week, the law requires businesses to grant employees’ written request for a waiver from the vaccine requirement, making it easier for staff to claim religious or medical exemptions. Officials opted for administrative leave, rather than termination, to allow for consideration of exemptions made possible under a new state law. Luke’s Hospital are compliant as of Tuesday, meaning they have completed the COVID-19 vaccine series or have been approved for a religious or medical exemption.Įmployees who fail to be vaccinated and don’t meet the criteria for an exemption were placed on administrative leave starting Tuesday, officials said. Monday marked the deadline for all UnityPoint Health employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, with the vast majority of staff at the system’s Cedar Rapids-based hospital now in compliance with the policy.Īpproximately 99.5 percent of staff at UnityPoint Health-St.
Some who gathered to protest are against vaccines, but many others are angry about workplace mandates, despite their support for getting the vaccine.
People hold up signs and wave at drivers at a protest against vaccine mandates in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Oct.