Ikea has reduced its sick-pay allowance for unvaccinated members of staff who have to isolate because they have come into contact with Covid-19.
Some unjabbed workers, who are required by the government to isolate for ten days after exposure to the disease, could receive only the legal statutory sick pay minimum of £96.35 a week, the Swedish retaier said.
The figure is less than a quarter of the average pay of shopfloor staff at the furniture chain, who typically earn £11.30 an hour in London and £10.10 elsewhere.
Government rules for fully vaccinated workers were eased in England in August to reduce the number of staff shortages caused by the "pingdemic", but rules remained the same for unvaccinated workers.
Ikea has 21 large shops in the UK and employs 10,000 people. The flat pack giant said mitigation would be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Fully vaccinated employees are entitled to their full pay during isolation.
A handful of large companies, including the cruise operators Tui, Carnival and Virgin, have made staff vaccination mandatory.
Staff at Wessex Water who have not received the first dose will receive only statutory sick pay if they are required to isolate from today.
Morrisons, the grocer, has also said it would no longer offer sick pay in full for "pinged colleagues who have chosen not to be vaccinated".
Statutory sick pay (SSP) of £96.35 a week is paid by employers.
Under it, eployees who do not quality for sick pay as part of their employment contract will get paid a minimum rate by the government instead.
Employees should self-isolate for four days to be eligible for SSP, but are paid for every day they are self-isolating.
Some workers may instead qualify for a one-off Covid support payment of £500 to help tide them over.
