EEOC Guidance for Employers on Requiring Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations or Implementing Their Own Programs for Vaccinating Employees
December 22, 2020 - Since the government announced that a COVID-19 vaccine would be available to the general public, employers have been eager to know whether, when the vaccines become more universally available, they can require their employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of returning to the workplace. On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released guidance in an effort to provide clarity on this question and setting forth the steps that businesses looking to initiate mandatory vaccination programs must take before prohibiting unvaccinated employees from entering the workplace.
Our latest client alert addresses questions employers may have following the release of this guidance.
Contacts
- Jeffrey P. Englander Partner & Chair Emeritus, Labor & Employment
- jenglander@morrisoncohen.com
- Keith A. Markel Partner & Chair, Labor & Employment; Co-Chair, Luxury Brands
- kmarkel@morrisoncohen.com
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