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Yes, Your Employer Can Require You to Be Vaccinated Companies can require workers entering the workplace to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent U.S. government guidance. A pop-up vaccination site in a Brooklyn subway station last month.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times June 9, 2021, 1:33 p.m. ET As many Americans prepare to head back to the office, companies are hammering out policies on the extent to which they will require, or strongly encourage, employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The bottom line is that companies are legally permitted to make employees get vaccinated, according to recent guidance from the federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ....
June 1, 2021, 9:34 a.m. ETJune 1, 2021, 9:34 a.m. ET Companies can require vaccines only of employees returning to the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.Credit.John Muggenborg for The New York Times At the urging of business groups, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made clear how companies can issue vaccine mandates to workers coming back to the office, and what incentives those employers can offer to promote inoculation. Companies can require vaccines only of employees returning to the workplace, and not those who work outside the office, the E.E.O.C. said in guidance released on Friday. But doing so still counts as a mandate, so companies must give the same legally required considerations that companywide vaccine requirements would entail, like making accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for employees who can’t receive the vaccine. That means allowing for exceptions for those who may be unable to take the ....
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says employers can require workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine to physically enter the workplace — with few exceptions. ....