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 that covered firefighters, officers at detention centers and other workers in Doña Ana County while a legal challenge is pending. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said federal law permits private employers to require that workers be vaccinated, as long as there are accommodations for disabilities and religious beliefs. “Federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, so long as employers comply with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the ADA and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other EEO considerations,” the commission said.

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Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end
1 year, 10 months ago

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

Associated Press  

— At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home’s doors — with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red line appears indicating a positive COVID-19 case. An inspector subsequently cited it for violating the federal …

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. 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 …

NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1
2 years, 3 months ago

NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on Nov. 1, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in another sign of the city’s gradual return to pre-pandemic norms. The city began requiring almost all private businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace in December 2021, just as the Omicron wave began claiming hundreds …

WA eases mandatory COVID vaccination requirements for most workers as cases slow
2 years, 6 months ago

WA eases mandatory COVID vaccination requirements for most workers as cases slow

ABC  

WA's workplace vaccine mandates will be scaled back significantly from next week as the state removes more of its COVID restrictions. Key points: Only workers in high-risk industries will have to be vaccinated Only workers in high-risk industries will have to be vaccinated There will be no cap on unvaccinated West Australians allowed home There will be no cap on …

New York City To Let Unvaccinated Athletes Play Home Games
2 years, 9 months ago

New York City To Let Unvaccinated Athletes Play Home Games

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — New York City’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games and unvaccinated baseball players to take the field when their season begins. Yankees star Aaron Judge refused to directly …

Vaccines Can't Be Mandated Without Evidence That Unvaccinated Persons Pose Health Risk : Prashant Bhushan Argues In Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Vaccines Can't Be Mandated Without Evidence That Unvaccinated Persons Pose Health Risk : Prashant Bhushan Argues In Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court began the final hearing in the plea, inter alia, questioning the constitutionality of the vaccine mandates imposed by States, particularly, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It is pertinent to note that apart from challenging vaccine mandates, the petitioner had also sought the indulgence of the Apex Court to issue directions to the concerned …

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?

LA Times  

President Biden promotes COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2021 A group of states is renewing a challenge to a federal mandate that millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. be vaccinated. More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from the Biden administration for millions of healthcare …

The case for mandatory covid vaccination
2 years, 10 months ago

The case for mandatory covid vaccination

Live Mint  

The Union government recently filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating, “Covid-19 vaccination is for larger public interest in light of the ongoing pandemic situation. Even the recent controversy surrounding tennis star Novak Djokovic’s refusal to take a covid vaccine raises pertinent questions on balancing individual rights with community well-being. vs State Of Kerala and Ors., the Kerala high …

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. …

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers
2 years, 11 months ago

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers

NPR  

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal court in Texas on Friday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for federal workers, which has been in place since November, in a ruling that the administration is expected to appeal. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a nominee …

Businesses react to ruling against Biden vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Businesses react to ruling against Biden vaccine mandate

The Independent  

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Today’s Headlines: Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Today’s Headlines: Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Hello, it’s Friday, Jan. 14. Now on to the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES The Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for the workplace The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Biden’s plan to require that most workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. The Republican National Committee said it is planning a rules change that …

Federal judge dismisses LAPD officers’ lawsuit over city’s vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Federal judge dismisses LAPD officers’ lawsuit over city’s vaccine mandate

LA Times  

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Los Angeles police officers challenging the city’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandate, rejecting their claims that it violated their constitutional rights. Stacy Spell, an LAPD spokesman, said the judge’s order “speaks for itself,” and that the department will continue to comply with the mandate and “work towards achieving a workplace that is …

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 …

What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case
3 years ago

What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case

Al Jazeera  

Amid conflicting rulings in the lower courts, the top US court is set to hear the case on vaccine mandates early next year. The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on January 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies and healthcare employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A three-judge panel of the 6th …

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 …

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
3 years ago

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses in his city to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a mad holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. “I’m not going to lose a good employee because of …

NYC to impose COVID vaccine mandate on private employers
3 years ago

NYC to impose COVID vaccine mandate on private employers

Al Jazeera  

The move, announced by the city’s mayor, comes amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant. All private employers in New York City will need to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers by later this month, the city’s mayor has announced, calling the measure a “preemptive strike” against the potential spread of the Omicron variant. “All private sector …

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
3 years ago

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?

Associated Press  

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S.? To control the spread of COVID-19, President Joe Biden previously said businesses with 100 or more employees would need to require COVID-19 vaccination or have workers get tested weekly for the virus. But soon after the rule was issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, it faced …

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States
3 years ago

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress …

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states
3 years ago

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The federal rule requires COVID-19 vaccinations for more than 17 million workers nationwide in about 76,000 health care facilities and home health care providers …

Can Employers Force Their Employees To Undergo Covid-19 Vaccination?: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On School Teacher's Plea
3 years, 1 month ago

Can Employers Force Their Employees To Undergo Covid-19 Vaccination?: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On School Teacher's Plea

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a school lecturer's plea, challenging a circular issued by her employer making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for rendering services.Justice Rekha Palli has clubbed the matter with another petition filed by a teacher working in a private aided school, challenging the decision of Delhi Government not to permit teachers and staff working in the. …

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 — …

‘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 …

States challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers
3 years, 1 month ago

States challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers

Associated Press  

— A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers, marking a new front in the resistance by Republican-led states to the pandemic policies of President Joe Biden’s administration. The lawsuit filed in a federal court in Missouri contends that the vaccine requirement threatens the jobs …

New York tells SCOTUS to allow vaccine mandate for health care workers to remain on the books
3 years, 1 month ago

New York tells SCOTUS to allow vaccine mandate for health care workers to remain on the books

CNN  

CNN — New York Attorney General Letitia James urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to deny a request from a group of New York health care workers to block the state’s vaccine mandate, arguing that the emergency rule requiring vaccinations for certain health care workers is necessary to combat the spread of the virus, which can lead to a “vicious cycle …

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 …

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 …

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

US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4

Associated Press  

Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday. The new requirements are the Biden administration’s boldest move yet to persuade reluctant Americans to finally get a vaccine that has been widely …

Millions of workers now face a vaccination mandate. How to tell if you’re one of them
3 years, 1 month ago

Millions of workers now face a vaccination mandate. How to tell if you’re one of them

LA Times  

People who work for employers with 100 or more workers, such as large grocery store chains, will have to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4. For the record: A previous version of this article reported that the OSHA vaccine mandate applies to private companies with more than 100 employees. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration laid out three key …

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 …

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 …

Judge won't stop vaccine mandate for NYC cops, other workers
3 years, 1 month ago

Judge won't stop vaccine mandate for NYC cops, other workers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. PBA President Pat Lynch said in a statement that …

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 …

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

The White House initiative comes as New York City became the latest jurisdiction to mandate vaccines for employees. Biden has also announced plans to use an array of executive orders and rule-changes to require workers at hospitals that receive federal reimbursements and federal contractors to receive the jab, as well as a change to Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy …

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers
3 years, 2 months ago

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers

NPR  

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For hundreds of public employees in the state of Washington, where a new vaccine mandate for state employees went into effect this week, Monday was their last day on the job. Sponsor Message As vaccine …

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 …

Report: 89% of Conn. long-term care workers fully vaccinated
3 years, 2 months ago

Report: 89% of Conn. long-term care workers fully vaccinated

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Data released Friday show 89% of the more than 61,000 long-term care workers in Connecticut required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 under Gov. Dr. Manisha Juthani, the state’s public health commissioner, commended the long-term care facilities for “achieving such high vaccination rates.” She encouraged people to use a new online tool developed by the federal Centers for …

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 …

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated
3 years, 2 months ago

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — Some governors are beginning to report encouraging signs in their state’s Covid-19 numbers, but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated. Kaiser noted that the bulk of the interviews for September’s poll happened before Pfizer announced on September 20 that its Covid-19 vaccine was safe and generated a “robust” antibody response in children …

Early data shows about half of CT state workers vaccinated
3 years, 2 months ago

Early data shows about half of CT state workers vaccinated

Associated Press  

Early data shows about 19,000 of Connecticut’s roughly 32,000 state employees who work for executive branch agencies are fully vaccinated, a figure that’s expected to change over the coming days, state officials announced Wednesday. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, said they’re also optimistic more people will decide to get vaccinated in the coming days as state officials continue to sort through …

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 …

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts
3 years, 2 months ago

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts

CNN  

New York CNN — Hundreds of unvaccinated health care workers across New York were suspended Tuesday and could soon lose their jobs entirely as the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect overnight. “This new information shows that holding firm on the vaccine mandate for health care workers is simply the right thing to do to …

New York prepares for healthcare disruptions as covid-19 vaccine mandate takes effect
3 years, 2 months ago

New York prepares for healthcare disruptions as covid-19 vaccine mandate takes effect

Live Mint  

New York state’s healthcare system is bracing for staff shortages this week as a vaccine mandate takes effect at midnight on Monday, presenting the largest test case so far of how similar requirements will play out across the country. “We’re anticipating a problem," said Michael Balboni, executive director of the Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association, which represents nursing …

New York vaccine mandates: What you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

New York vaccine mandates: What you need to know

CNN  

CNN — Monday is the deadline for tens of thousands of New York workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The vaccines were mandated by New York City for public school employees, by the state for health care workers and by the state’s court system for staff members after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received full approval from the US Food and Drug …

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur
3 years, 2 months ago

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur

NPR  

As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz/AP Eduardo Munoz/AP Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We are concerned about how it will exacerbate an already quite serious staffing problem," said …

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 …

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers
3 years, 2 months ago

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

NPR  

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Cindy Ord/Getty Images Cindy Ord/Getty Images New York state officials are bracing for staffing shortages when the state's health care worker vaccination mandate takes effect on Monday, and could be looking to the National Guard — as well as medical professionals from …

Some faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions
3 years, 3 months ago

Some faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Leaders of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America said …

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