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As COVID-19 vaccines become increasingly available, employers
may consider requiring that employees be vaccinated prior to
resuming or continuing in-person work. Guidance from the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) indicates that
employers may require employees to get a vaccine under equal
employment opportunity ( EEO ) laws as long as employers
make exceptions for employees with disabilities or religious
beliefs that prevent them from receiving the vaccine, but many
states such as New York (discussed herein) are contemplating more
employee-protective legislation. In the midst of this legal
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April 2021 has seen two similar laws go into effect in
Philadelphia and Chicago, as well as action by the federal
government to provide tax credits to employers who elect to provide
paid leave for certain COVID-19-related reasons.
Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States with full
force in March 2020, Congress acted by passing the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which required private employers
with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid leave to employees
unable to work for a variety of reasons related to COVID-19, while
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On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the
Rescue
Plan ).
1 This post reviews Section 9641 of
the Rescue Plan, which makes available tax credits to certain
employers who voluntarily provide paid time sick leave and family
and medical act leave to employees for absences occasioned by the
pandemic, from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
Section 9641 of the Rescue Plan is based on the paid sick leave
and paid family and medical leave provisions that were effective
April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, under the Families First
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