Adobe has reportedly joined the list of companies requiring employees in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to President Joe Biden’s mandate for government contractors.
CNBC reported that Adobe employees have until Dec. 8 to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19; anyone who misses that deadline will be placed on unpaid medical leave. The company was said to have informed employees of the new policy in an email sent on Oct. 22.
This shouldn’t prove to be a problem for many people: Adobe Chief People Officer Gloria Chen reportedly said in the email that, per a recently conducted internal survey, 93.5% of the company’s US employees have already been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19.
Chen also said that Adobe would consider exemptions for religious or medical reasons, CNBC reported, but information about the exemption process wasn’t provided. (Adobe didn’t immediately respond to our request for more information about this vaccination requirement.)
Adobe’s mandate follows similar requirements from Google, Facebook, and Netflix, among others, but the company reportedly specified that its decision was prompted by President Biden’s September announcement that federal contractors would have to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
IBM announced similar rules in response to President Biden’s mandate, so Adobe isn’t alone in that regard, and other companies will follow. But they’ll have to act fast: People will have to start the vaccination process no later than Oct. 27 or Nov. 24 depending on which brand they receive.
