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Biden Says Requiring Vaccination for All Federal Workers Is 'Under Consideration' – NBC4 Washington

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Federal guidance out this week suggests the law is on the side of employers if workers refuse vaccination. Vaccination can be considered a “condition of employment,” akin to a job qualification.
That said, employment lawyers believe many businesses will want to meet hesitant workers half-way.
CAN EMPLOYERS REQUIRE A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE?
Yes. Private companies and government agencies can require their employees to get vaccinated as a condition of working there. Individuals retain the right to refuse, but they have no ironclad right to legal protection. ....

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The White House is strongly considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees

The White House is strongly considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees
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Updated: 6:03 PM PDT Jul 27, 2021
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The White House is strongly considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees
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concern grows as a substantial portion of the population that has not been vaccinated is contributing to the rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant. Now, employers are deciding that the time has come to make being vaccinated a requirement. The Hill reports, California and new york city announced vaccine mandates for government employees or else weekly testing. The new york Times reports, government officials said the Department of Veterans Affairs will require 150,000 of its frontline healthcare workers to be vaccinated against covid 19 in the next two months, making it the first ....

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Biden Says Requiring Vaccination for All Federal Workers Is 'Under Consideration' – NBC Chicago

Biden Says Requiring Vaccination for All Federal Workers Is ‘Under Consideration
Biden s comments come after the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first federal agency requiring healthcare workers to receive the vaccine
By Mae Anderson, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and The Associated Press •
Published July 27, 2021 •
Updated on July 27, 2021 at 4:13 pm
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President Joe Biden says that requiring all federal workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is “under consideration,” as the more infectious Delta variant surges across the United States and a significant chunk of Americans still refuse the shot.
Speaking Tuesday after delivering remarks at the office of the Director of National Intelligence, Biden affirmed that his administration was considering the possibility in response to a reporter’s question. ....

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EXPLAINER: Employers have legal right to mandate COVID shots

EXPLAINER: Employers have legal right to mandate COVID shots
MAE ANDERSON and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
July 27, 2021
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1of6A patient has her body temperature screened after showing her COVID-19 vaccine card at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles, Monday, July 26, 2021. The clinic is a COVID-19 vaccine site. California said it will require proof of vaccination or weekly testing for all state workers and millions of public- and private-sector health care employees starting in August.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Gov. Gavin Newsom, from left, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf listen to spekers at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., Monday, July 26, 2021. California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly. Officials are tightening restrictions ....

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CDC Says Some Vaccinated Americans Should Wear Masks Indoors Again

CDC Says Some Vaccinated Americans Should Wear Masks Indoors Again
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated Americans in parts of the country with substantial or high transmission of COVID-19 should return to wearing masks indoors, citing new data on the highly contagious Delta variant.
The CDC also said masks should be required of everyone inside K-12 schools while urging classrooms to return to full-time, in-person classes with proper prevention strategies in place.
The new guidance comes as a growing number of local and state health officials have already returned to mandating masks indoors, with cases of the virus surging among unvaccinated Americans. Some 63% of U.S. counties currently have a high or substantial spread of the virus, according to the CDC. ....

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