"T-Mobile to fire unvaccinated workers by April 2022, even without Biden mandate"

"Cell phone company T-Mobile intends to proceed with firing employees who refuse to take a COVID-19 vaccine by April, despite no longer being forced to do so by the federal government.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against enforcing the Biden administration’s mandate that private employers with 100 or more workers either require their employees to vaccinate for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing. Despite the setback, the White House implored businesses to impose the requirement voluntarily.

T-Mobile is among the companies that intends to do precisely that, Bloomberg reports. According to an internal company memo, employees who access T-Mobile offices on a 'regular or occasional' basis must take the shots by February 21 or be placed on unpaid leave, and “will be separated from T-Mobile” if they fail to do so by April 2. The company employees its own internal digital vaccine passport system called the Magenta Pass."