Boston placed 23 city workers on leave for missing Oct. vaccine deadline, not 812 as it previously said
The new requirement was rolled out in three phases, with only a few departments required to meet the October deadline.
The City of Boston on Friday issued a correction for the number of employees placed on unpaid leave after they missed an October deadline for getting vaccinated or agreeing to undergo regular COVID-19 testing, saying only 23 employees were suspended instead of 812, as officials first reported.
When city officials provided the larger number on Oct. 12, it accurately reflected the number of employees from “public facing agencies” who were not in compliance with the requirement, but most were not placed on leave, the city said in a statement.
The new requirement was rolled out in three phases, with only a few departments required to meet the October deadline, according to the statement. On Oct. 12, about 325 workers whose primary language is not English were moved from phase one to phase three of the plan, giving them until November to comply, according to the statement.
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