Mariel Smith’s primary practice is Labor & Employment Law. She has years of experience in defending companies in lawsuits and prelitigation investigations involving agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Georgia Department of Labor, and the United States International Trade Commission. Her litigation experience in Employment and Labor Law include defending employers in wage and hour, discrimination and harassment claims.
Though OSHA has suspended the federal vaccine mandate for private companies while it’s being reviewed in court, your employer may still enact its own vaccination requirements. That may mean you can be fired for not complying with company policy—and if that happens, you probably won’t be eligible
Every state defines ‘for cause’ differently. Most states have similar statutes that indicate if an employee is terminated for breaking company policy, the employee would be denied unemployment benefits.