On February 11th, Kara M. Maciel, Fern Fleischer-Daves and Lindsay A. DiSalvo presented a webinar regarding What Employers Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccine.
In December 2020, two COVID-19 vaccines received emergency use authorization from the US government and several more vaccines may be approved in the coming months. In the initial phases, front-line health care workers, nursing home residents, persons over 75 years of age, and others with underlying health conditions were given first priority. Many employers want to have their “essential workers” or all of their workers vaccinated as soon as possible.During this webinar, Conn Maciel Carey’s OSHA and Labor & Employment attorneys discussed these important questions:
- Who decides prioritization while vaccine supplies are limited?
- May an employer mandate that some or all of their employees be vaccinated?
- Should companies require contractors, temporary employees and vendors be vaccinated?
- May a worker refuse to be vaccinated for medical, religious or ethical reasons?
- How do we handle an employee who insists on working remotely indefinitely?
- When all our workers are vaccinated, must everyone continue social distancing and wearing masks in the workplace?
We are pleased to share these links to a copy of the slides and a recording of the webinar.
This was the 2nd regularly scheduled webinar event in Conn Maciel Carey’s 2021 Labor and Employment Webinar Series. Click here to view our full schedule, detailed program descriptions, and individual registration pages for all of the webinars in the 2021 Labor and Employment Webinar Series. To register for all of Conn Maciel Carey’s Labor and Employment webinars, click here to send us an email request, and we will register you. If you missed any of our past webinars in our annual Labor and Employment Webinar Series, click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel and view our webinar archive.
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