Sharon Perley Masling, a director of Workplace Culture Consulting at Morgan Lewis, helps companies and organizations create safe, respectful, diverse, and inclusive workplaces. Sharon also leads the labor and employment practice’s Task Force on COVID-19 and co-leads the firm’s Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines.
Dollar General, Trader Joe’s, Aldi and Lidl, as well as Instacart, are offering bonuses of up to $200, flexible work schedules and paid time off to visit a vaccination site.
Although some people may be exempt, most workers could be required to get a shot, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said.
Legal experts weigh in on what could happen at work now that a coronavirus vaccine is authorized in America.
The EEOC guidance has also helped clarify important issues regarding older workers and pregnant workers.
Most clients right now are leaning toward encouraging rather than requiring the vaccine, just because there are still so many unanswered questions.
At some point, if they are on job-protected unpaid leave, that might rise to the level of undue hardship. But it would be on a case-by-case basis.