NH bill amendment would prohibit COVID-19 vaccine requirements at work, school
Modified: 5/19/2021 11:25:29 PM
CONCORD Doctors, infectious disease experts and union representatives rallied in opposition to an amendment this week to a state Senate bill that would prevent various institutions from requiring employees and students be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The House Executive Departments and Administration Committee held a public hearing Tuesday for an amendment to SB 155, which would prohibit public and private schools from requiring vaccines unless they’ve been in use for at least 10 years. It would also prevent businesses from making employment-related decisions based on the vaccine status of their employees, though the legislation makes an exemption for health care providers if the “direct threat cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation.”
NH business, retail groups don t expect many mask policy changes for now
Businesses can t tell who s vaccinated and who s not Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT May 14, 2021
Businesses can t tell who s vaccinated and who s not Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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Show Transcript DECISION LEAVING BUSINESSES TO MAKE THEIR OWN DIVISION. TRADER JOE’S IS HALLOWEEN NEW CDC GUIDELINES NOTHING TODAY WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE MASKS FOR FULLY VACCINATED CUSTOMERS WHILE A SHELL, BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL RETAILERS TO MAKE. ON ITS WEBSITE FRIDAY, THE STORM BROKE. DESCARTES YOUR TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES OF HEALTH OFFICIALS AND CDC GUIDELINES ADVISE THAT CUSTOMERS WHO ARE VACCINATED ARE NOT ALREADY WEAR MASKS WHILE DROPPING. CVS, WALGREENS, AND MACY’S ARE REVIEWING THEIR PROTOCOLS. ON A LOCAL LEVEL IT LOOKS LIKE MORE ARE STICKING WITH THEIR MASKS NOW. HE SAID MANY OF HIS MEMBERS ARE STILL GOING TO REQUIRE MASKS. IT IS A SIMILAR SITUATION WIT
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In BIA-led effort, lawmakers urged to provide liability protections
January 6, 2021
Some 35 business organizations are behind a Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire effort to push state lawmakers and the governor to back Covid-19 liability protections for companies.
The effort comes before the language of the bill, to be introduced by Sen. Bob Giuda, R-Warren, has been finalized. But it would provide a safe harbor, meaning that a business couldn’t be sued as long as it is following guidelines, he said, but “bad actors” would not be protected.
“The wording will get some massaging,” Giuda told NH Business Review. “But the last thing businesses need now is a frivolous lawsuit that will cost someone 40 or 50 grand just to defend against it. Businesses are doing their part. The least we can do is provide them a safe harbor.”
GOV. CHRIS SUNUNU had his eye on Congress last week.
For starters, he wasnât doing handstands over the COVID-19 relief bill that lawmakers finally passed after eight months of inaction.
Sununu doesnât believe any of them read the 5,600-page bill, which amounts to a $2.3 trillion spending plan, with $900 billion for COVID-19 and another $1.4 trillion to keep the federal government running.
Sununu was asked if the stateâs all-Democratic delegation had done a good job even if Congress had underperformed in 2020.
âNo. I donât think they were doing a good job at all. They sat on their hands for eight months, sitting at home, writing their letters⦠This is the best leadership we can put forward in Washington?â Sununu asked.