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Delta Air Lines will impose a $200 monthly surcharge for health insurance and weekly testings for its employees who are not vaccinated starting Nov. 1. Corporations such as Walmart and Mcdonald's have offered pay incentives and mandates to increase employee vaccinations, but Delta is the first major U.S. company to implement a penalty to encourage worker vaccination. Vaccine penalties are here, and it's unclear whether they'll work - Axios Get Shots or Get Out, U.S. Employers Are Telling Workers - Bloomberg The GOP struggles with what to do on employer vaccine mandates - The Washington Post Ford Motor announced it is delaying its hybrid return-to-work program for employees who have not already returned to offices until at least January, citing the spread of the delta variant. About 120,000 of Ford’s 182,000 employees, primarily in the manufacturing sector, have already returned to work. Ford CEO: Up to 20% of factory workers are out on some days - CNN Unionizing Could Be Next in the Return-to-Office Power Struggle - Bloomberg @Benioff: A lot of things have changed for companies in this new pandemic world whether it’s Europe or the US & one of them is return to work. The phenomenon happening globally is not as many employees are coming back into their offices locally as any CEO expected. Over half of people currently in the workforce said they will likely look for a new job in the next year, continuing the Great Resignation trend. Weekly jobless claims increased slightly last week but remain near the pandemic-era low, totaling 353,000. A separate survey found more than two-thirds of U.S. workers would choose remote work over office work, with 61% saying they would take a pay cut in exchange for being able to work remotely permanently. The Hybrid Work Revolution Is Already Transforming Economies - Bloomberg Creating Culture in a W.F.H. World: How 3 Small Businesses Did It - The New York Times @rhjameson: The Hybrid Work Revolution Is Already Transforming Economies. Office workers are being set free.