Could your employer mandate a coronavirus vaccine? Many encouraging it for now
Adam Daigle
Could employees be mandated to get the vaccine? We re curious what s going to happen, said Elizabeth Henson, president of the Acadiana chapter of the Society for Human Resources Association. This looks like it will be the new conversation of 2021: whether or not employers have the right to mandate.
Health care workers at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson Parish were the first in the state to receive the 79,000 vaccines on Monday, and other front line workers will be the first to get vaccines in the state.
Some 79,000 doses will be distributed in Louisiana as part of an evolving and complicated process. Federal officials are recommending vaccines be distributed to health care workers and people in long-term care facilities.
Sheila Mayhorn
Dec 15, 2020 11:21 am
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Sheila Mayhorn has been promoted to Chief Human Resource Officer of YWCA Southeast Wisconsin. A seasoned HR leader of 20+ years, Sheila joined YWCA SEW in 2017. As a member of the executive leadership team, she will lead YWCA SEW’s talent management, leadership development and compensation & benefits areas. A United States Army veteran, Sheila earned her MBA from Cardinal Stritch University and a Bachelors in Communications from Illinois State University. Sheila holds a certificate in Professional in Human Resources, and is a member of Society of Human Resources Management, Metro Milwaukee SHRM, HRCI, and NAAAHR.
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Some 79,000 doses will be distributed in Louisiana as part of an evolving and complicated process. Federal officials are recommending vaccines be distributed to health care workers and people in long-term care facilities.
Once the availability increases, federal officials say, it will be more widely distributed.
How it is distributed and the legal hurdles, Henson said, must be worked out.
According to the Society of Human Resources Management, employers can mandate a vaccine for its employees based on industry and business necessity. The mandate is legal if the failure to vaccinate is a direct threat to others in the workplace.
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