U.S. agency says employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccination

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(Reuters) - U.S. companies can mandate that employees in a workplace must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Friday.

The EEOC, in a statement posted on its website explaining its updated guidance, said employees can be required to be vaccinated as long as employers comply with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws.

In addition, employers may offer incentives to workers to be vaccinated, as long as they are not coercive, it said.

The vast majority of employers have been reluctant to require workers to be vaccinated. A survey by management-side law firm Fisher Phillips earlier this year found that only 9% of the more than 700 employers surveyed said they were considering mandating vaccines.

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-employers/us-agency-says-employers-can-mandate-covid-19-vaccination-idUSL3N2NG010

I guess this settles the issue.

[PortTack]

1. Good! All the ridiculous laws passed by red state governors...shove it!

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3. There is a caveat.

The matter remains up to private businesses, state or other local laws, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001116485/for-employers-the-law-is-mostly-on-their-side-when-it-comes-to-vaccines

So it appears this ruling could be overcome by state laws.

[Doodley]

2. Wait for the GOP-sponsored legal challenges.

[PA_jen]

4. You mean like this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142750155

Wait for the crying "Karen"s on Faux news. I got fired because I didn't get the vaccine.


With America as it is with mass-shootings I expect we may end up seeing mass-shooting on Vaccine-mandated workplaces.

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5. Looks like Texas doesn't have a law that prohibits employer vaccine mandates.

Yet.

[rickyhall]

6. They can mandate drug tests, need I say more?

[crickets]

7. Good point. nt

[MichMan]

8. Nothing is stopping the Federal government of requiring it of all its employees either then

Want to remain employed, get vaccinated

Same for state and local governments too

[Peppertoo]

9. Good.