Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations? Vermont employers don’t expect it to come to that
Modified: 1/25/2021 8:37:44 PM
Some national companies are already working to determine how their workers will be vaccinated and whether employers can require it. But in Vermont, where vaccination of the general public is months away, most managers say it’s too soon to start setting workplace policies on the vaccine.
While many have started discussing the issue, almost all say they haven’t yet decided what guidance they’ll use with employees.
“We will ‘encourage’ for sure,” said Justin Worthley, senior vice president of human resources at Burton, which has about 400 employees in Burlington, most of them now working remotely. “We haven’t made any decisions about ‘require.’ ”