Safety board chief wants legislation to force workers to reveal vaccination status
3 years, 1 month ago

Safety board chief wants legislation to force workers to reveal vaccination status

Dutch News  

The chairman of the national safety council has said legislation to allow employers to ask workers if they have been vaccinated should be passed ‘today rather than tomorrow’. In an interview with current affairs show Buitenhof, Hubert Bruls said the increasing number of coronavirus cases and hospital admissions also justify stricter measures, such as a return to the 1.5 metre social distancing rule. At the moment I think public health weighs heavier that individual opinion.’ It is currently illegal for employers to ask workers about their vaccination status although an employer may, in some cases and by mutual agreement, ask a member of staff to work from home or wear a mask. A spokesman for employers organisation VNO-NCW said it still supported the call, particularly for people who work in places where customers are being asked for the same information, such as bars and restaurants and cinemas.

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Keep coronavirus pass as a last resort, employers say
2 years, 4 months ago

Keep coronavirus pass as a last resort, employers say

Dutch News  

New legislation covering coronavirus should include the option to bring back coronavirus entry passes, employers’ organisations have said in a reaction to the draft law, RTL Nieuws has reported. However, the coronavirus pass should be there as a ‘last resort’ to ensure companies can remain open if the virus flares up again, the VNO-NCW and small firms association MKB-Nederland say. …

Keep coronavirus pass as a last resort, employers say
2 years, 4 months ago

Keep coronavirus pass as a last resort, employers say

Dutch News  

New legislation covering coronavirus should include the option to bring back coronavirus entry passes, employers’ organisations have said in a reaction to the draft law, RTL Nieuws has reported. However, the coronavirus pass should be there as a ‘last resort’ to ensure companies can remain open if the virus flares up again, the VNO-NCW and small firms association MKB-Nederland say. …

Government plans to scrap mandatory jab requirement in...
2 years, 10 months ago

Government plans to scrap mandatory jab requirement in...

Daily Mail  

The Government plans to scrap the requirement for health and social care workers in England to be vaccinated against coronavirus to continue in their roles following a consultation. The requirement for care home staff to have two doses came into force last November, with one charity accusing the Government of using the sector as “the trial run for the NHS”. …

Roughly 80% of L.A. city workers report being vaccinated ahead of Saturday deadline
3 years ago

Roughly 80% of L.A. city workers report being vaccinated ahead of Saturday deadline

LA Times  

“The intention was never to fire anyone,” said City Council President Nury Martinez, “but we cannot put the residents of this city at risk of getting sick, and possibly dying, because of an unvaccinated city employee.” Roughly 80% of Los Angeles city employees had reported that they were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday afternoon, the day before a …

Vaccinated people who get infected with Covid must not get an access pass: Politicians
3 years, 1 month ago

Vaccinated people who get infected with Covid must not get an access pass: Politicians

NL Times  

Parliament wants vaccinated people who get infected with the coronavirus to lose their coronavirus access pass for the duration of the period that they have to isolate. The coronavirus access pass, usually displayed as a QR code on the CoronaCheck app, shows that someone is vaccinated, recently recovered from a coronavirus infection, or tested negative for Covid-19. Currently, people who …

QR codes to be extended to people who are unable to be vaccinated
3 years, 1 month ago

QR codes to be extended to people who are unable to be vaccinated

Dutch News  

People who are unable to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be able to have temporary QR code passes in a matter of weeks, health minister Hugo de Jonge has told parliament. De Jonge stressed that the facility would only be available to the small number of people – thought to number in the thousands – who cannot have the vaccine …

QR codes to be extended to people who are unable to be vaccinated
3 years, 1 month ago

QR codes to be extended to people who are unable to be vaccinated

Dutch News  

People who are unable to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be able to have temporary QR code passes in a matter of weeks, health minister Hugo de Jonge has told parliament. De Jonge stressed that the facility would only be available to the small number of people – thought to number in the thousands – who cannot have the vaccine …

‘No vaccine required’ job listings are the latest tactic to attract workers
3 years, 1 month ago

‘No vaccine required’ job listings are the latest tactic to attract workers

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — In the search for workers in this tight labor market, companies have courted new hires with the promise of higher wages, sign-on bonuses, ample vacation time, andchildcare. The latest: “No vaccine required.” That three-word phrase is popping up across online job listings as businesses seek to turn the federal government’s proposed vaccine decree on its …

New Biden vaccine rules don’t allow self-administered, self-reported covid-19 tests
3 years, 1 month ago

New Biden vaccine rules don’t allow self-administered, self-reported covid-19 tests

Live Mint  

Workers won’t be allowed to both self-administer and self-report their Covid-19 tests to comply with new Biden administration requirements that mandate millions of employees get vaccinated or provide weekly test results. That might force employees to get a laboratory test through a pharmacy chain on a weekend, for example, said Brian Kropp, research chief of the human-resources practice at Gartner …

Safety board chief wants legislation to force workers to reveal vaccination status
3 years, 1 month ago

Safety board chief wants legislation to force workers to reveal vaccination status

Dutch News  

The chairman of the national safety council has said legislation to allow employers to ask workers if they have been vaccinated should be passed ‘today rather than tomorrow’. In an interview with current affairs show Buitenhof, Hubert Bruls said the increasing number of coronavirus cases and hospital admissions also justify stricter measures, such as a return to the 1.5 metre …

Unvaccinated L.A. city workers will have more time to get COVID-19 shots
3 years, 1 month ago

Unvaccinated L.A. city workers will have more time to get COVID-19 shots

LA Times  

A plan approved by the City Council gives workers more time to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. To implement the plan, the council passed a resolution Tuesday finding that the city had reached a stalemate and that “there is a compelling need for such unilateral action to protect public health and safety and workplace safety.” A spokesman for the Service Employees …

Employer vaccine mandates are growing more popular but opposition remains
3 years, 2 months ago

Employer vaccine mandates are growing more popular but opposition remains

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Employer Covid-19 vaccine mandates have become increasingly common. A series of recent survey questions show a clear majority is on board with various groups of workers, such as health care workers, government employees or teachers, being required to get vaccine or stop working. Gallup also found that 58% of workers would strongly or somewhat favor …

Hospital wants only vaccinated workers in contact with vulnerable patients
3 years, 3 months ago

Hospital wants only vaccinated workers in contact with vulnerable patients

NL Times  

The Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem wants only workers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in contact with vulnerable patients, NOS reported. I have much empathy for my people, but I am also worried that patients will avoid the hospital again”, hospital director Hans Schoo said. He called for the health ministry to institute a law that would make it possible …

Majority of employers want right to ask workers for Covid-19 vaccination proof
3 years, 3 months ago

Majority of employers want right to ask workers for Covid-19 vaccination proof

NL Times  

The majority of employers want to be able to know if their employees have been vaccinated against Covid-19, a study by the employers’ union AWVN showed. Around 93 percent of employers said they will take certain measures if employees who are not vaccinated show up at the workplace, an AWVN survey showed. Certain companies in the United States, such as …

From CVS to Goldman Sachs, FDA move prompts vaccine mandates
3 years, 4 months ago

From CVS to Goldman Sachs, FDA move prompts vaccine mandates

Associated Press  

From Walt Disney World to Goldman Sachs, a flurry of private and public employers are requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the federal government gave full approval to the Pfizer shot. “The FDA decision takes that off the table,” said Devjani Mishra, a New York-based attorney with the firm Littler Mendelson, which specializes in workplace matters. Goldman Sachs …

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?
3 years, 4 months ago

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?

ABC  

If you're an aged care worker, you have to get a COVID vaccine. But the new advice states that an employer "may in certain circumstances be required to direct employees to get vaccinated" in order to comply with "work health and safety laws". The FWO says it's "unlikely to be reasonable" to make Tier 4 workers get vaccinated. "The coronavirus …

Can employers force workers to get vaccinated? Here’s what we know
3 years, 4 months ago

Can employers force workers to get vaccinated? Here’s what we know

LA Times  

Nursing student Joanna Aguilar administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the Providence Wellness and Activity Center in L.A.’s Wilmington neighborhood on July 17. California officials said Monday that state employees and healthcare workers would soon be required to show proof they’ve been vaccinated or undergo regular testing. In New Mexico, a federal judge declined to immediately block a COVID-19 vaccination requirement …

From offices to restaurants, more companies are requiring proof of vaccination
3 years, 4 months ago

From offices to restaurants, more companies are requiring proof of vaccination

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Corporate America is getting serious about vaccines. Walmart Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, said all its US-based corporate employees must be vaccinated by October 4, according to a Friday memo from Doug McMillon, the company’s president and CEO. Starting in September the company will have a “hybrid model,” with some vaccinated employees working from the …

Get vaccine or face weekly tests: California, NYC tells workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Get vaccine or face weekly tests: California, NYC tells workers

India TV News  

California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing, and the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to receive the shot. The announcements are the “opening of the floodgates” as more government entities and companies impose …

California to require vaccine or testing for state workers
3 years, 4 months ago

California to require vaccine or testing for state workers

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will require millions of health care workers and state employees to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, announcing a broad measure Monday to try to slow rising coronavirus infections in the nation’s most populous state, mostly among the unvaccinated. Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, has reimposed an indoor mask mandate, …

Major medical groups call for employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for health care workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Major medical groups call for employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for health care workers

CNN  

CNN — As the number of Covid-19 cases surges in the United States, more than 50 health and medical groups – including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association – issued a joint statement calling for all health care and long-term care employers to mandate employees be …

States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification
3 years, 5 months ago

States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification

The Independent  

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What employers can ask about your vaccination status – and what they can’t
3 years, 6 months ago

What employers can ask about your vaccination status – and what they can’t

CNN  

More companies are bringing workers back into the office – and some employers want to know about vaccination status. Employers can ask about status Generally, employers can mandatethat workersbe vaccinated.But federal laws may requirecompanies to provide exemptions or reasonable accommodations to workers who aren’t vaccinated due to a disability or religious belief. “We rely upon our employees to be trustworthy …

Businesses see opportunity and risk in California’s digital vaccine records
3 years, 6 months ago

Businesses see opportunity and risk in California’s digital vaccine records

LA Times  

Since California’s full reopening on June 15, employees of Rustic Canyon Family restaurants have been asking diners if they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine. Rustic Canyon Family plans to keep asking customers to “self-attest” their vaccination status rather than seeking digital proof, said Joel Dixon, the group’s president. He noted that the state didn’t make proof of vaccination a requirement for …

California loosens mask rules for vaccinated employees
3 years, 6 months ago

California loosens mask rules for vaccinated employees

LA Times  

California’s circuitous journey to relaxing coronavirus-related workplace safety rules finally reached its destination Thursday, when the state moved to end physical distancing requirements for all workers and allow most fully vaccinated employees in many workplaces to stop wearing masks. The 5-1 decision from the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board followed more than two hours of public comment, during which …

California poised to drop mask rules for vaccinated workers and end distancing at workplaces
3 years, 6 months ago

California poised to drop mask rules for vaccinated workers and end distancing at workplaces

LA Times  

A California safety board will vote on a proposal Thursday that would allow most fully vaccinated workers in many workplaces to stop wearing masks and end physical distancing requirements for all workers. The latest proposal, written by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, would still require unvaccinated workers to wear masks in indoor work settings and …

Cal/OSHA will propose allowing vaccinated workers to stop wearing masks
3 years, 6 months ago

Cal/OSHA will propose allowing vaccinated workers to stop wearing masks

LA Times  

Members of a California workplace safety board suggested they will move to allow fully vaccinated employees to stop wearing masks while on the job, putting proposed health rules in agreement with recommendations issued by federal and state health officials. Details were scant, but Eric Berg, deputy chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said the expectation is …

Masks off at work? Cal/OSHA proposes looser rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Masks off at work? Cal/OSHA proposes looser rules

LA Times  

Willa Mitchell and Divina Harwell wear masks as they do their jobs at Junkin Media in Culver City in May. As the state moves toward lifting many COVID-19 pandemic restrictions June 15, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, is proposing to loosen the emergency workplace rules it established late last year. Among the proposed changes: …

As More People Return To In-Person Work, Employers Weigh Whether To Mandate Vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

As More People Return To In-Person Work, Employers Weigh Whether To Mandate Vaccines

NPR  

As More People Return To In-Person Work, Employers Weigh Whether To Mandate Vaccines NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president of the Society for Human Resource Management, about whether employers can require their workers be vaccinated. More people will be heading back to in-person work soon, and so many employers are looking at whether they can require …

Going back into work? Prepare to prove you’ve been vaccinated
3 years, 7 months ago

Going back into work? Prepare to prove you’ve been vaccinated

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula in the Bay area are gearing up to welcome 1,000 students to their summer program in June. And once we have that framework in place, it’s a very simple decision,” said Peter Fortenbaugh, CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. “There’s an exception for …

Covid UK: Companies insist employees vaccinated before contracts
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid UK: Companies insist employees vaccinated before contracts

Daily Mail  

Companies have begun drafting 'no jab, no job' contracts to force staff to get Covid-19 vaccinations - despite lawyers warning they likely to be challenged in court - while ministers push for a certificate scheme to reopen cinemas and clubs. Bosses in the care home sector as well as large international groups including an energy firm are making 'risky' arrangements …

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?
4 years ago

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?

Associated Press  

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory? “Employers generally have wide scope” to make rules for the workplace, said Dorit Reiss, a law professor who specializes in vaccine policies at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Tracking compliance with mandatory vaccination would be an administrative burden, said Michelle S. Strowhiro, an employment adviser and lawyer at McDermott Will …

Some Health Care Workers Are Wary Of Getting COVID-19 Vaccines
4 years ago

Some Health Care Workers Are Wary Of Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

NPR  

Some Health Care Workers Are Wary Of Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Health care workers are expected to be first in line to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine when one is available. But the speed of COVID-19 vaccine development, along with concerns about political interference with the process, has left some …

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