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Show Transcript CROWDED BUILDING. EITHER WAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I’VE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION. BEN: WE WENT BACK TO THE EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS WE FIRST INTERVIEWED LAST FALL ABOUT WORKERS’ RIGHTS AND RETURNING TO THE OFFICE, AND STARTED WITH THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, CAN COMPANIES REQUIRE EMPLOYEES GET THE COVID VACCINE? RIGHT NOW, THE ANSWER IS YES. SO, AS A GENERAL MATTER, YES YOU CAN. BEN: CARLA REEVES SAYS EMPLOYERS WOULD HAVE TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES FOR MEDICAL OR SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. BUT SO FAR, MOST EMPLOYERS DON’T SEEM TO BE MAKING THE VACCINE MANDATORY AT LEAST NOT YET. THIS IS ALL VERY NEW TO US SO IN SOME INSTANCES WHAT YOU’RE FINDING ARE EMPLOYERS ARE TRYING TO