New vaccination guidance from the EEOC states that employers may offer incentives in some instances, substantial incentives to employees who voluntarily demonstrate that they received a COVID-19 vaccination.
It all started with a donut.
On March 22, right after the first day of spring, Krispy Kreme offered a free glazed donut to customers who showed their COVID-19 vaccination card. Since then, the chain has given away more than 1.5 million donuts. On Friday, National Donut Day, all customers can get a free donut. If you’re vaccinated, you can have two.
As the first day of summer approaches, vaccination incentives have become a growth industry. They include everything from million-dollar state lottery giveaways to full-ride, four-year scholarships at public universities, from hunting and fishing licenses and state park passes to sweepstakes offering Super Bowl tickets, tropical cruises, a year of free groceries or airplane tickets for two to anywhere you can go in the friendly skies. The latest: a grand prize of $5 million in New Mexico’s Vax 2 to the Max sweepstakes. As James M. Berklan notes in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, you can cue the calliope music.
On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its guidance concerning COVID-19 vaccinations in the employment context. Most significantly, the EEOC .
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a long-awaited update to its technical assistance guidance on COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC updated its guidance regarding the 2019 novel coronavirus COVID-19 vaccinations of employees. The EEOC said employers may ask employees if they are vaccinated or not under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA