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Your Boss May Require You to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
Dec. 29, 2020 Now that COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed, you may be wondering whether your employer can require you to get vaccinated.
The answer is “Yes,” with a few conditions, according to new federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance. The EEOC enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws and has weighed in on COVID-19 preventive measures during the pandemic.
“Any employer can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, provided they accommodate religious and disability-related objections and the employee receives it from a provider that does not contract with the employer,” says Karla Grossenbacher, head of the workplace privacy group at Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, and chair of the law firm’s employment practice in Washington, D.C.
Frontline health care workers are receiving the first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine this week, followed by vulnerable communities such as nursing home residents and, eventually, the general public. As the vaccine becomes available to more people, some may be wondering whether their employers can require them to take the injection.
The short answer is: yes, maybe.
Several legalandemploymentexpertshavesaid employers likely have that right, noting that companies have been allowed to require flu vaccinations in the past. If the employer has a policy that mandates the employee get a vaccine, and then they develop an allergic reaction or some sort of medical condition, the worker might be able to bring a worker s compensation [claim] against that employer, Marcelo Dieguez, an employment law attorney, told NBC7 in San Diego.