Employers Can Require Vaccinations Under Biden Rule

NewsMax ^ | 05/29/2021 | Solange Reyner

[SeekAndFind]

The federal government on Friday said employers can offer incentives to employees who receive COVID-19 vaccines without violating federal anti-discrimination laws, an announcement that comes as several states have launched programs to increase inoculation rates.

In an update of its COVID-19 guidance, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also said employers could require all workers physically entering a workplace to be vaccinated against the coronavirus but that federal law may require the employer to provide reasonable accommodations for employees who aren’t vaccinated because of a disability or religious belief.

Employers are allowed to offer incentives to employees who receive vaccinations through their employer or an affiliated agent so long as the incentive is ''not so substantial as to be coercive.''

''Because vaccinations require employees to answer pre-vaccination disability-related screening questions, a very large incentive could make employees feel pressured to disclose protected medical information,'' it said. ''However, this incentive limitation does not apply if an employer offers an incentive to employees to voluntarily provide documentation or other confirmation that they received a COVID-19 vaccination on their own from a third-party provider that is not their employer or an agent of their employer.''

The EEOC also said employers are required to keep their staff’s vaccination information confidential.

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Marc Freedman, vice president of employment policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told The Wall Street Journal that the guidance should help quell concerns about returning to the workplace.

''To the extent that employees are concerned that coming back to the workplace will put them at risk of getting COVID-19, anything that helps an employer get more employees vaccinated will help make the case that the workplace is safe,'' he said.

[logi_cal869]

Stating the obvious: No. And so goes my prior comments on this topic, only an act of Congress can shield employers from the looming liability on a number of issues, including wrongful death and, most-pertinently here, discrimination:

“The EEOC also said employers are required to keep their staff’s vaccination information confidential.”

Gee: I wonder what those masked employees in the back of the building are doing? Could they possibly be ‘unvaccinated’?

Nawwwww..../s

[DoodleDawg]

Most states have religious exemptions for vaccines

For religious sects that don't believe in modern medicine or doctors. Most religions have no objections to the vaccines.

[17th Miss Regt]

My understanding is that mandating a person receive one of those is not permissible.

This is the law. But there is an exception if the President is a Democrat. Then it's cool.

[Starcitizen]

So employers can require a vaccine. But can they require inoculation of something that isn’t a vaccine?
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Employers can demand just about anything. And there is not anything you can do about it except quit or get fired. Funny, the same crowd herd that cries for “at-will employment” are many of the same folks that say employers can’t require anything.

It’s one or the other, folks. Can’t pick and choose what you like.

[cockroach_magoo]

My point is that the article seems to use the term “vaccination” loosely. I’m no linguist, but I suspect inoculation with one of these mRNA treatments (which are not vaccines) would not qualify as “vaccination.”

[Starcitizen]

I remember last year during the Senate debates for the stimulus bills. Sebaceous Republicans we’re adamant about legal protections for businesses with anything covid-related.

It’s the very Senate Republicans, led by McConnell that were pushing for this. And now you are opposed and say sue, sue, sue?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability-idUSKBN22J1HI

How soon you forget.

[familyop]

There have been many reports of deaths of Walmart employees and lawsuits. Those stores receive heavy human traffic. But to be fair, Walmart has taken many good measures for employees and customers against the disease.
Walmart Employee COVID-19 Cases Are Higher Than Company Claims, Says Report
The retailer faces continued scrutiny over coronavirus infections among workers.
GALVANIZED MEDIA
BY MURA DOMINKO
JUNE 24, 2020

"However, United for Respect, an advocacy group for Walmart workers, reports that the number of infected employees is now in the thousands, with at least 22 confirmed deaths.

[Captain Walker]

Touché.

[familyop]

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

People Vaccinated

At Least One Dose

Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
167,033,116

% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
59.6%

[USCG SimTech]

Everyone that contracted COVID, developed broad immunity and recovered is far better protected than the single strain, narrow immunity the “vaccine” provides.

Where is my equivalent of a vaccine card? I have immunity better than anyone that got the shot.

[lastchance]

How could I have forgotten? I shall go to my corner forthwith.

[thecodont]

Everyone that contracted COVID, developed broad immunity and recovered is far better protected than the single strain, narrow immunity the “vaccine” provides.

Where is my equivalent of a vaccine card? I have immunity better than anyone that got the shot.

This is an excellent idea.

[thecodont]

If my employer required that I travel to a tropical country and as part of that, get some vaccinations for tropical diseases, I’d have no problem if they were FDA approved.

[ClearCase_guy]

If they were focused on safety, the question would be “Do you have antibodies against COVID?”

But that isn’t the question, is it? The quest is: “Did you take the vaccine?” And if your answer isn’t what they want, they will bribe or threaten you into taking the vaccine.

They really, really, really want everyone to take the vaccine. That’s all they care about.

This isn’t about safety. And it isn’t about COVID. This is about getting something inside of us.

I say “No” and I’m sticking with it.

[Alberta's Child]

Congress cannot shield employers from liability in COVID cases. Lawsuits over injuries and torts are adjudicated in state courts in almost every circumstance. Each state would have to pass its own variation of an employer immunity law, and we know that simply ain’t going to happen.

[Salvavida]

Pass a law. I don’t follow guidance.

[Jan_Sobieski]

You must be ignorant to the fact that millions of us believe and utilize modern medicine, but have religious objections to aborted fetal cell derived vaccines and experimental vaccines. These religious exemptions are not merely for the Amish

[entropy12]

167,033,116 vaccinated is FAR BIGGER than Biden votes (including fake votes) + Trump votes (including stolen votes from Trump) in 2020 presidential election. IOW the vaccines are more popular than both Biden+Trump combined. When vaccinated number reaches 200,000,000 (in less than 2 months from now) herd immunity will be here. Un-vaccinated voters become such a small minority, they will face hardships in jobs, mass venues such as sports stadiums, air travel, cruises, movie theaters, etc. Very tough and sad situation coming up for the un-vaccinated.

[epluribus_2]

My Body, My Choice ya filthy progs.

[familyop]

Yes, close to 1.5 million people received their first shots over the past couple of days (yesterday and the day before). That’s been the approximate trend.