Vaccinated workers to get pay bonus

McDonald’s plans to give employees four hours of bonus pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the first major fast-food employer to announce incentives to encourage inoculation.

The incentive is available at corporate-owned McDonald’s in the U.S. About 5 percent of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. restaurants are corporate-owned.

Other companies have announced similar perks, including Dollar General, Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden. Instacart has offered a $25 bonus for its shoppers and drivers.

McDonald’s, like most companies, does not plan to make vaccination mandatory.