require vaccination among their employees. we ve required flu, hepatitis b and other shots. most important thing is protect our patients. and we need to protect our health care workforce so that we can prevent the spread of these diseases within health care institutions and to our families. so and i completely agree that testing once a week is not the same. you could be carrying it for several days before that test result comes back. that makes sense scientifically. isn t it a fact that this vaccine is under emergency use? use authorization as a result you can t completely force people to get it or mandate it or can you? we believe that the current emergency use authorization standard which was developed last summer is so close to the official buy buy logical
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
With one pharmaceutical company already receiving emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, and a second drug maker apparently on the cusp of receiving authorization, employers, eager to return to normal business operations, are considering whether they can require that their employees be vaccinated. In analyzing this issue, employers are looking to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for direction on their ability to require vaccinations, given the legal protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal employment laws.
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the EEOC delivered welcome news in the form of a revised pandemic guidance concluding that employers generally can mandate that employees receive a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine.