Activision Blizzard recently announced that it will no longer require its employees to be vaccinated against the new Corona, and will need to return to the office to work offline, and the regulations will take effect immediately.
The company’s chief administrative officer, Brian Bulatao, announced the decision in an internal email, saying it was important to align Activision Blizzard’s website protocols with local requirements as commercial events across the U.S. were canceled, Kotaku reported. Mandatory regulations for vaccination.
Brian Bulatao added that the company will “continue to monitor the outbreak in the regions where the company operates and ask employees to continue to provide the status of their vaccinations through Workday, the company’s human resources platform.
With this information, Bulatao said, if the company sees a surge in cases, it can act quickly and make relative adjustments if necessary. Bulatao then highlighted the benefits of face-to-face collaboration and told employees that they would receive more updates on the return to offline work in the coming weeks.
However, after receiving the email, the ABK Workers Union issued a statement saying that some Activision Blizzard employees plan to go on strike for a fourth time on April 4 in response to new offline work requirements. Employees are demanding that Activision Blizzard immediately reinstate vaccination requirements and make telecommuting a permanent work option. An ABK representative said: “This behavior puts people at risk of contracting Covid-19, and I and many other employees are outraged by the company’s forced return to work after the lifting of vaccination restrictions.