The move is a response to local labor shortages and serves as an incentive to reach higher employee vaccination, Dan Conrad, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota CEO, told the Grand Forks Herald.
The move follows a summer COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees who work in-person or interact face to face with customers.
“This is our busiest time of year as an insurance company, and so our workforce is really busy,” Mr. Conrad told the Herald. “We felt like as a company, we respect everybody’s choice of whether they want to get vaccinated or not, but if there’s anything we can do to help those folks who are struggling with the decision, we want to do it.”
