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The arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine might be raising hopes for a return to normalcy for Central Texas businesses – but it s also creating confusion and uncertainty for employers and employees alike as they deal with the uneven rollout and try to navigate a sea of conflicting state and local guidelines.
Companies large and small – across a range of industries – are grappling with how to handle the vaccine s distribution for their workforces.
Experts say in many cases employers can require workers to receive the vaccine, but there are exceptions, such as for medical or religious reasons, or a disability.
In the case of a disability, the employer would have to try to make an accommodation, such as continued work from home or continued mask wearing, said Tony Stergio, a Houston-based attorney specializing in employment law.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its revamped proposed rules governing employer-sponsored wellness programs. These proposed rules have been a long.
“We are left behind in the dust no one sticks up for us,” she said. When Ms. Perry was bedridden for weeks with a bad case of Covid-19, she said, she had to use vacation days to cover some of her time off, and a portion of her sick leave was completely unpaid.
“I don’t want to hear what the government has to say about it we don’t trust them anyway,” she said.
Kevin Boyd, 54, a janitor at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, has been offered the vaccine by his hospital but is on the fence about taking it.
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Sexual harassment claims considered more credible if made by ‘prototypical’ women
People’s perceptions of sexual harassment can affect whether an individual’s claims are taken seriously in the workplace or in a court case, according to a new University of Washington study.
Women who are young, “conventionally attractive” and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, a new University of Washington-led study finds.
That leaves women who don’t fit the prototype potentially facing greater hurdles when trying to convince a workplace or court that they have been harassed.