VERIFY: Can your employer make you take the COVID-19 vaccine?
Many are asking the question, so we went to the experts to find out. It turns out, your boss could make you take it, but there are exceptions. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 5:29 AM EST December 17, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. As coronavirus vaccines become more widely available over the next few months, some businesses may decide to bring employees back to the office after working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of those guidelines, some employers may ask their employees to be tested for the virus or get vaccinated before returning.
Legal Experts Offer Vaccine Advice for Employers
COVID-19 inoculations are here, but can employers require them?
December 16, 2020
By Doug Kantor, Elizabeth Schallop Call and Yvonne Malino
ALEXANDRIA, Va. On November 9, Pfizer made history by presenting preliminary data indicating that its COVID-19 vaccine was over 90 percent effective. On November 16, Moderna made a similar announcement about its own vaccine. Both Pfizer and Moderna have applied for emergency approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with Pfizer’s vaccine being the first to win FDA approval. An additional 52 pharmaceutical companies currently are in various phases of testing as part of the race to produce a safe and effective vaccine to the coronavirus.
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The question was bound to come up at some point: What happens when an employer tells its workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine but some don t want to?
Bottom line, an employer can make vaccinations a condition of employment, workplace specialists say. But it s not always that simple â it has to be job-related, for example, and local employers say they intend to proceed cautiously.
Federal authorities say no less than three-quarters of the population will have to be vaccinated before the pandemic can be brought fully under control. Given how divisive the pandemic has already been, how thoughtfully employers approach the matter could prove critical.
City Improperly Subjected Employees to a Comprehensive Medical Exam, Federal Agency Charged
HAMMOND, Ind. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the City of Hammond, located in Indiana, reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a will pay up to $80,750 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge, the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that the City of Hammond (City) subjected employees to impermissibly broad and comprehensive medical exams, which they called Functional Capacity Evaluations. The City used the results of this impermissible medical inquiry to terminate at least one individual. These actions were in violation with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on disability. It also prohibits employers from engaging in retaliation because an employee opposed discrimination or filed a charge with the E