President Biden recently announced several initiatives to help the country recover from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One of those initiatives, “Vaccinating the Unvaccinated," will implement vaccine requirements that will cover 80 million employees. In this HR Minute, Claudia St. John of Affinity HR Group discusses this edict and provides guidance for employers when handling these exemptions.
These new rules will extend vaccine mandates to federal workers and federal contractors and subcontractors. In addition, employees of private employers with 100+ employees will either have to be vaccinated or be tested weekly. These employers will also need to provide paid time off for their employees to get vaccinated and to recover from any side effects of the vaccines. OSHA is expected to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to provide guidance to affected employers in implementing the new vaccine mandate. While there is no guidance yet, you can find the most current information from OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs
The EEOC has offered many FAQs around COVID-19 in the workplace which can be found at: https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws
While most people with health issues are encouraged to get vaccinated, there are some medical conditions that may make obtaining a vaccine unsafe: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/underlying-conditions.html?s_cid=11575:reasons%20to%20not%20get%20covid%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN.Grants:FY21
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