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COVID-19 vaccines are finally here. The rollout has begun in healthcare settings across the nation. However, despite broad support for the vaccines and their near-universal endorsement by the medical community, many individuals have concerns about being vaccinated for a variety of personal, medical or religious reasons. If employers mandate vaccination, there may be significant numbers of workers across the country who will object. What is an employer to do?
On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued much-anticipated updated
See Section K.), which provides guidance specific to COVID-19 mandatory vaccination programs. The good news for employers? The updated guidance is consistent with the EEOC’s past advice, as well as the guidance of other regulatory agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and countless health care advocacy groups and professional
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Cashiers wearing protective masks work in a grocery store in Brooklyn, N.Y. in April. An expert panel that advises the CDC recommended that grocery store workers be in the second Covid-19 vaccine priority group.
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An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Sunday that adults aged 75 and older, as well as frontline essential workers, be designated as the second priority group to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also voted to recommend that the third stage of the national vaccination program should focus on adults 65 to 74, people 16 to 64 years old with high-risk medical conditions, and essential workers not included in the second phase of vaccination.