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The Employer Handbook BlogSomeone came to work in blackface as Rosa Parks to protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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What happens when leaders flout the COVID-19 rules that they purport to impose on everyone?
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Several states and cities require that individuals wear masks in indoor public places, regardless of vaccination status. Independent of any state or local law, many businesses require the same. In either case, you’d think that not only would those rules apply to everyone, but leaders would lead by example.
Yeah, you’d think that. Continue reading
A judge wasn’t buying a plaintiff’s religious reasons to avoid a vaccine mandate. And, sometimes, neither should you.
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Yesterday, my friend Jon Hyman blogged about fetal stem cells and vaccine-mandate religious exemptions.
TL;DR. Any employee that refused the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines because they contain aborted fetal cells is full of đź’©. They don’t. Consequently, any religious exemption request that an employee may make on that basis is objectively wrong. Continue reading
See you in court! Arizona files the first lawsuit to stop President Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate
Well, that didn’t take long. The State of Arizona has sued President Biden to stop his vaccination mandate for private employers. Head on over to The Employer Handbook YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/TheEmployerHandbookYouTube) for a short video update.
And while you’re there, check out the replay of “Mandatory Vaccinations At Work Just Got Real!” Shout out to Amy Epstein Gluck, David Renner, Sid Steinberg, Gordon Berger, and the nearly 900 people who tuned in to Zoom on Friday. We addressed everything relating to President Biden’s new vaccination/testing mandate.
“Mandatory Vaccinations At Work Just Got Real!” today at Noon EDT on Zoom. This is what we’re covering and how you can still sign up.
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Join me, Amy Epstein Gluck, David Renner, Sid Steinberg, and Gordon Berger on Zoom today at Noon EDT for “Mandatory Vaccinations At Work Just Got Real!” Five employment attorneys will address everything relating to President Biden’s new vaccination/testing mandate. You can still register for the event here.Â
We’ve already received a bunch of questions, based on which, we plan to cover the following: Continue reading
While OSHA develops a vaccine mandate, the EEOC is now filing COVID-related lawsuits against employers.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!! (And how ’bout ‘dem Cowboys!)
The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said that when an employer permits employees to telework to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19, the employer has not committed itself to automatically granting telework as a reasonable accommodation to every employee with a disability who requests to continue this arrangement as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
But, here’s the thing. Continue reading
More on Biden’s Vaccine Mandate: Lawsuits, the five best things I read, and a Friday Zoom at Noon EDT
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I won’t bury the lede based on the number of questions and comments I received following Friday’s post. Continue reading
Biden to companies with 100+ employees: Mandate vaccines, or test weekly, or else!!!
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Yesterday, President Biden announced that all businesses with 100+ employees will soon have to ensure that their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly. I’ve got details below and a Zoom planned for Friday, September 17, 2021, at Noon ET to get into more detail. The Zoom is free, and you can sign up here.
For now, here’s what your business needs to know. Continue reading
How does one major airline plan to accommodate religious vaccine exemptions? With unpaid leave.
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Several news outlets reported yesterday that a major airline that has already mandated employee vaccinations will begin placing employees on temporary unpaid leave if approved for a religious vaccine exemption. Continue reading
Could you spot your employee’s phony COVID-19 vaccination card? Ok, then what?
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Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General alerted the public about a variety of COVID-19 scams, ranging from fake contact tracers COVID-19 survey scams asking for all sorts of personal information (e.g., Â Medicare number, financial information) to offers to sell fake vaccination cards.
Yesterday, NY busted a fake COVID-19 vaccination card scam.