NYT: Yes, your employer can require you to be vaccinated

[spooky3]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/business/covid-vaccine-employer-rules.html?campaign_id=12&emc=edit_my_20210614&instance_id=32970&nl=your-money&regi_id=33217952&segment_id=60654&te=1&user_id=52005f87a727b28a3356d5ea7d9455e9

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The bottom line is that companies are legally permitted to make employees get vaccinated, according to recent guidance from the federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Federal laws do not prevent companies from requiring employees to provide documentation or other confirmation of vaccination, though they must keep that information confidential. Employers can also distribute information to employees and their family members on the benefits of vaccination, as well as offer incentives to encourage employees to get vaccinated, as long as the incentives are not coercive.

If an employee will not get vaccinated because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, the agency said, he or she may be entitled to an accommodation that does not pose an “undue hardship” on the business. The agency said examples of reasonable accommodation could include asking the unvaccinated worker to wear a face mask, work at a social distance from others, get periodic coronavirus tests or be given the opportunity to work remotely.

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[vanlassie]

1. I would just amend to say ....if you choose to remain in their employment.

Because the Q-brain immediately sees employees being strapped down against their will.

[Chainfire]

4. Exactly!

No one has a right to private employment. I have quit jobs over bosses I disagreed with; it is a part of life. Or course the deniers love to present themselves as victims. To hell with them.

[roamer65]

6. People don't leave jobs. They leave poor management.

[PortTack]

2. Good!

[Guilded Lilly]

3. I ditto the Good!

[Xolodno]

5. Some right wing friends/family I have...

...every once in awhile pushes an article about how employers can't force you to get vaccinated and they do a jig. Then I respond, "they don't have to employ you either if don't get vaccinated". Then you hear the record scratch.

[madville]

7. Probably unlikely to be in common practice

At least half the states will pass laws making employer mandates illegal at the state level.

I think the big thing that may hold many employers back will be potential liability from any side effects. Sure they are somewhat rare, but the potential for hundreds of potential lawsuits will make some take pause. Not to mention the expense of the thousands of lawsuits that employees will file for their refusals or exemptions that aren’t recognized.

I could definitely see hospitals and other medical corps mandating it, maybe airlines and cruise ships as well.