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Infectious disease experts have a saying: Vaccines don’t save lives, vaccinations do. As vaccinations are now widely available, and with the Biden Administration’s goal of 70% of adults at least initially vaccinated by July 4 in reach, employers eager to get back to the way things were pre-pandemic may want to mandate vaccinations. Yet, it has been reported that a still sizeable number of Americans are hesitant to take the vaccine, and news of a small number of adverse reactions may give rise to more angst.
Still, employers have a duty under OSHA to keep their employees safe while at work, which includes protecting them from fellow employees, customers and others who have access to the workplace. If employers want to make vaccinations mandatory, can they force their employees hands (or, more accurately, their arms)? Short of mandating the shot(s), how can employers lawfully encourage employees to get the vaccine? How
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Back in March 2020 we advised that for employees working remotely the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was deferring the physical presence requirement of the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). Ordinarily, the employer “must physically examine” the approved document(s) within three days of the employee’s first day of employment.
Because of continued precautions being taken due to COVID-19, DHS has announced that they will extend the deferral until August 31, 2021, which includes employees hired on or after June 1, 2021. This means that employees who are still
exclusively working remotely are exempt from physically presenting documents. However, the exemption ends once they are non-remote on a “regular, consistent, or predicable basis,” or the extension expires, whichever occurs first.