L.A. shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions

LA Times  

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter paramedic holds the COVID-19 vaccine to begin to fire personnel in December 2020. When Los Angeles city employees file for religious or medical exemptions to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the requests are typically reviewed to ensure that exemption requests are valid. Personnel Department General Manager Dana Brown sent a memo to department heads this week, instructing them to “administratively approve all pending appeals by current employees” that were filed before Tuesday. At the same time, the city’s requirement that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 remains in place, according to a memo Bass sent to department heads Wednesday. The policy this week, as outlined by the Personnel Department, will extend to “those employees who were previously denied an exemption request and have been placed off duty pending discharge,” according to Brown’s memo.

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Los Angeles could end COVID vaccination rule for city employees
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Los Angeles could end COVID vaccination rule for city employees

LA Times  

The potential end of the vaccination requirement mirrors other local governments’ policies and comes as cases have begun to rise slightly in California. UPDATE Council ends vaccination rule The Los Angeles City Council voted, 13-0 with two members absent, on June 11, 2024, to end the vaccine requirement for city employees. The COVID vaccination rule was first approved by city …

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees

LA Times  

Liesl Eibschutz, a medical student from Dartmouth University, loads a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Health in Los Angeles on April 15, 2021. Los Angeles County has ended its COVID-19 employee vaccination requirement, allowing workers — including sheriff’s deputies and firefighters — to be hired even if they haven’t gotten a shot. “There is no longer a …

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees
1 year, 10 months ago

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. We’re grateful that we can now, as we leave the emergency phase of the pandemic, modify more of …

L.A. moves to lift vaccine verification mandate at indoor businesses
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. moves to lift vaccine verification mandate at indoor businesses

LA Times  

Brian Oh, left, and Ro Chei eat at Seongbukdong, a restaurant serving traditional Korean food on 6th Street between Western and Vermont in Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Council members took the first step Wednesday toward lifting vaccine verification requirements at many indoor businesses, the latest in a slew of rule relaxations as the Omicron surge steadily fades. Dibiny said …

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters

LA Times  

Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside. She is still suggesting that businesses continue to verify customers’ vaccination status, but, “as opposed to telling people what they have to do, we’re asking people to do them …

NYC fires more than 1,000 workers over vaccine mandate
2 years, 10 months ago

NYC fires more than 1,000 workers over vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City fired more than a thousand workers who failed to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the mayor’s office said Monday. The city sent notices in late January to up to 4,000 workers, saying they had to show proof they got at least two doses of the vaccine or else they’d lose their jobs. …

NYC vaccination mandate for the private sector takes effect
2 years, 11 months ago

NYC vaccination mandate for the private sector takes effect

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City’s sweeping mandate requiring nearly all private-sector businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace took effect Monday amid a spike in coronavirus infections, leaving some employers grappling with thorny personnel decisions. “I just think it’s immoral to fire somebody because of a personal medical choice.” Some business owners and workers are planning a legal …

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers
3 years ago

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers

LA Times  

Matthew Meraz walks Santee Alley with his cat, Mowgli, on Dec. 20, while visiting with family members. Despite the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Los Angeles County’s top health official said Tuesday that no lockdowns are planned at this time, as vaccines and other safety measures remain strong tools to combat the new threat. To those who ask …

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 …

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
3 years ago

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles school district, which was among the first to announce mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for students, has become the latest in California to delay a plan that would have forced thousands of unvaccinated students to return to distance learning. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday night to postpone a Jan. 10 deadline for students …

Nearly 500 L.A. Unified employees lose their jobs for failing to get COVID-19 vaccine
3 years ago

Nearly 500 L.A. Unified employees lose their jobs for failing to get COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District fired about 500 employees who did not meet the COVID vaccination requirements. Nearly 500 Los Angeles school district employees have lost their jobs for failing to meet the COVID-19 vaccination requirement, officials announced on Tuesday. Los Angeles Unified continues to provide access to vaccines for employees and every eligible student.” The terminations come at …

L.A. firefighter accused of vulgar act in protest over vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. firefighter accused of vulgar act in protest over vaccine mandate

LA Times  

A Los Angeles firefighter performed a vulgar act after being given a letter ordering him to comply with the city’s vaccination mandate, an LAFD employee group said. The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating an incident in which a firefighter “responded inappropriately” after being handed a letter to comply with the city’s vaccine mandate, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday. Getuiza …

77 L.A. city employees lose pay after refusing to sign notice for vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

77 L.A. city employees lose pay after refusing to sign notice for vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, shown in 2020, urged Angelenos to get booster shots, immunize children who are newly eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and to be tested if they are experiencing symptoms. Dozens of Los Angeles city employees are now going unpaid after refusing to sign notices that directed them to get COVID-19 vaccines by a December deadline — …

L.A. moves to exempt malls from COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. moves to exempt malls from COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements

LA Times  

The city of Los Angeles is moving toward dropping malls and shopping centers from its recently implemented COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements. The city’s program, dubbed SafePassLA, is among the strictest in the nation, requiring proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor shopping centers, indoor restaurants, movie theaters, hair and nail salons, coffee shops, gyms, museums, bowling alleys, performance venues …

L.A.’s new COVID-19 vaccination rules for businesses and venues go into effect today
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A.’s new COVID-19 vaccination rules for businesses and venues go into effect today

LA Times  

City Hall rises in the background above Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles on Monday enacted some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules, covering a wide variety of indoor retail businesses and venues. Here’s what you need to know: The rules Among the requirements, the city of Los Angeles now mandates proof of …

U.S. mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4

LA Times  

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The new requirements are the Biden administration’s boldest move yet to persuade reluctant Americans to finally get a vaccine that has been widely available for months — or face financial consequences. The department’s top legal official, Seema Nanda, said OSHA rules preempt conflicting state laws or orders, including those that bar …

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone, 7, of Altadena holds the hand of his mother, Caitlin Johnstone, as he receives a children’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles city officials are set to implement some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules next week, but they …

They stuck to their anti-vax beliefs. Now these teachers and school workers are out of jobs
3 years, 1 month ago

They stuck to their anti-vax beliefs. Now these teachers and school workers are out of jobs

LA Times  

Former film-production teacher Jamal Y. Speakes Sr. can no longer get past the perimeter fence of Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Sun Valley — because he refused a COVID-19 vaccination. About 1,500 others received an exemption — 175 for a serious medical condition or disability, and 1,325 for a “sincerely held religious belief.” Veteran high school teacher Speakes …

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 …

Unvaccinated L.A. city employees could get until mid-December to get their shots
3 years, 2 months ago

Unvaccinated L.A. city employees could get until mid-December to get their shots

LA Times  

Los Angeles city workers who have yet to get vaccinated for COVID-19 could have additional time to get the shots. “After several months of negotiations, the council will vote soon to impose its last, best and final offer on all city employees,” the Los Angeles Police Protective League board said in a statement Tuesday. “Overall our goal is to give …

Religious Exemptions for Vaccine Mandates Shouldn't Exist
3 years, 2 months ago

Religious Exemptions for Vaccine Mandates Shouldn't Exist

Wired  

Covid vaccine mandates are proliferating—and so, inevitably, are attempts to evade them by claiming a religious exemption. As the Supreme Court observed in 1879, “To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself.” Congress can’t tell …

Mandates are boosting vaccination rates, but not without a tradeoff
3 years, 2 months ago

Mandates are boosting vaccination rates, but not without a tradeoff

CNN  

CNN — Mandates that require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have spurred workers to get vaccinated in recent weeks – yet some holdouts have been suspended or lost their jobs, and workplaces are scrambling to cover potential shortages. “This new information shows that holding firm on the vaccine mandate for health care workers is simply the right thing to …

Head of Police Commission slams unvaccinated LAPD officers, ‘dubious’ exemption claims
3 years, 2 months ago

Head of Police Commission slams unvaccinated LAPD officers, ‘dubious’ exemption claims

LA Times  

The head of the civilian panel that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department denounced in strong terms the resistance to COVID-19 vaccinations among LAPD officers on Tuesday morning, which he called “appalling.” “I personally find it appalling that the personnel of a department charged with public safety would willfully, intentionally and brazenly endanger the lives of those who they have …

New York governor anticipates possible health care staff shortages due to vaccine mandate non-compliance
3 years, 2 months ago

New York governor anticipates possible health care staff shortages due to vaccine mandate non-compliance

CNN  

CNN — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she’s ready to declare a state of emergency – if needed – to prevent staff shortages that may be triggered by health care workers who don’t adhere to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which goes into effect Monday. Earlier this month in New York, a federal judge temporarily suspended state health …

Firefighters sue over city of L.A.’s vaccine mandate
3 years, 3 months ago

Firefighters sue over city of L.A.’s vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Several members of the Los Angeles Fire Department filed a lawsuit against the city on Friday over its vaccination requirement for city employees. A group of 500 Los Angeles firefighters filed a lawsuit Friday against the city over its requirement that L.A. employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the city’s mandate …

Thousands of LAPD employees plan to seek exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
3 years, 3 months ago

Thousands of LAPD employees plan to seek exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Officers were on hand Aug. 14 in downtown Los Angeles, when vaccination opponents and counter-protesters faced off in front of LAPD headquarters. Thousands of Los Angeles Police Department employees plan to seek exemptions to rules requiring city workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to figures released Tuesday by city officials. In his statement, Garcetti added, “This policy allows for …

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
3 years, 3 months ago

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant. Henry McMaster of South Carolina said in a …

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
3 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District, which has more than 600,000 mostly Latino students, already tests all students and employees every week, requires masking indoors and outdoors …

L.A. City Council votes to require COVID-19 vaccine for city employees
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. City Council votes to require COVID-19 vaccine for city employees

LA Times  

Los Angeles city employees will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early October, unless they are granted an exemption for medical or religious reasons, under a new ordinance approved Wednesday by the City Council. Freddy Escobar, president of UFLAC Local 112 representing L.A. city firefighters and paramedics, said the union is continuing to encourage members to get vaccinated, …

L.A. Councilman Lee says he disagrees with city’s plan to require proof of vaccination
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. Councilman Lee says he disagrees with city’s plan to require proof of vaccination

LA Times  

Councilmember John Lee said he opposes a city ordinance that would require vaccine proof to enter certain L.A. businesses. After the Los Angeles City council voted in favor of an ordinance that would require proof of coronavirus vaccination to enter certain businesses as the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread, one council member who missed the vote is voicing his …

California’s new vaccine requirement for schools: What you need to know
3 years, 4 months ago

California’s new vaccine requirement for schools: What you need to know

LA Times  

California on Wednesday became the second state in the nation, following Hawaii, to impose a vaccination mandate for school staff. The Newsom announcement comes as several large California school districts have announced similar policies in recent days, including San Francisco Unified and Long Beach Unified. Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school system, has gone further than the state policy …

L.A. will consider requiring vaccine proof at restaurants, gyms, indoor sporting events
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. will consider requiring vaccine proof at restaurants, gyms, indoor sporting events

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases continuing to rise, Los Angeles is now considering a proposal to require proof of COVID-19 inoculation as a condition of entry at a host of indoor public spaces in what, if passed, would be the widest-ranging vaccination-verification effort in the city yet. The motion, introduced Wednesday by City Council President Nury Martinez and Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, would …

L.A. County considers requiring its 100,000 employees to show proof of vaccination
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County considers requiring its 100,000 employees to show proof of vaccination

LA Times  

Delilah Snell, owner of Alta Baja Market in Santa Ana, assists one of her regular customers on Aug. 1. Los Angeles County employees could soon be required to either show proof that they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested for the virus once a week. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors will discuss the proposal, which would apply …

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 …

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 …

‘Well past time’: L.A. politicians want COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Well past time’: L.A. politicians want COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, shown in November, wants the city to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for city employees. “How do you engender confidence from the public,” he asked, “if you’re not assuring that the people providing services are vaccinated?” Councilwoman Nithya Raman also supports a vaccination mandate for city workers, and her office is in talks with city analysts …

L.A. will require city employees to get vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. will require city employees to get vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19

LA Times  

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city will require employees to be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. Los Angeles will require city employees to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing to show they have tested negative, Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Council President Nury Martinez announced Tuesday. “It’s time to get it done.” Ahead …

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, …

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 …

As Los Angeles COVID vaccines roll out, Black and Latino cases surge
3 years, 10 months ago

As Los Angeles COVID vaccines roll out, Black and Latino cases surge

Salon  

To no one's surprise, California's patchwork approach to distributing and administering COVID-19 vaccines has been chaotic. Often working in lower-paying, higher-risk jobs that must be performed in person, Latinos, who comprise nearly half of the region's 10 million people, are dying at rates that are 800% higher than they were just a couple of months ago, according to public health …

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