Fogdog
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Well, well. No surprise here. Of course there will be howls of outrage by the radical authoritarian right but here it is. Companies can require employees to get vaccinated and show proof. I would hope that those companies could prevent the fired luddite from collecting unemployment as well. After all, the employee basically quit rather than lost their job through no fault of their own.
Employers Are Allowed To Require Employees To Get Coronavirus Vaccine, Government Says
Being required to get vaccinated for work could be the deciding factor for the many Americans who have expressed skepticism of it.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that employers will be allowed to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine and block them from entering the workplace if they refuse.
The commission explained in newly updated guidance that such a requirement does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, which forbids employers from performing medical examinations on employees.
A vaccine does not constitute a medical examination, the EEOC said, because the employer is “not seeking information about an individual’s impairments or current health status.” Employers may also choose to require documentation that an individual received a COVID-19 vaccine, the commission said, because it would not amount to a disability-related inquiry. Additional questioning about an individual’s medical history, however, must be handled with caution.
Employers Are Allowed To Require Employees To Get Coronavirus Vaccine, Government Says
Being required to get vaccinated for work could be the deciding factor for the many Americans who have expressed skepticism of it.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that employers will be allowed to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine and block them from entering the workplace if they refuse.
The commission explained in newly updated guidance that such a requirement does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, which forbids employers from performing medical examinations on employees.
A vaccine does not constitute a medical examination, the EEOC said, because the employer is “not seeking information about an individual’s impairments or current health status.” Employers may also choose to require documentation that an individual received a COVID-19 vaccine, the commission said, because it would not amount to a disability-related inquiry. Additional questioning about an individual’s medical history, however, must be handled with caution.
