COVID vaccine: NJ employers can force most to get it, but will they?
Asbury Park Press New Jersey employers are digging into their pockets to jump-start the state's vaccination program, but they are stopping short of using one tool at their disposal: making employees get the shot. Among them are several banks that have taken big financial losses due to the pandemic and donated $265,000 to hospitals to support vaccine distribution. "We're going to encourage them all to (get vaccinated)," said Christopher Maher, chairman and chief executive officer of OceanFirst Financial Corp., a Toms River-based bank with 1,100 employees. "However, we do not anticipate requi...
Source: njherald.com