Policies / Handbooks

Vaccine Mandate Q&A

10/21/2021

In late October or early November, OSHA is expected to publish its landmark Emergency Temporary Standard, requiring employers with 100 or more workers to mandate that their staffs be fully vaccinated or produce a weekly negative COVID test result. We addressed some of the common Q&As in our last issue. Here are more answers based on current information, according to the Foley & Lardner law firm.

Employee’s previous COVID infection is no defense against your vaccine mandate

10/21/2021

If your organization is mandating COVID vaccines for employees, some workers may say, “I already had COVID, so I’m immune and don’t have to get the shot.” Not true.

It’s time to get serious about a covid vaccination policy

09/27/2021

It’s best to get as much of a head start as possible when creating a covid vaccination policy. This way your legal eagles can review it and you won’t be rushed into anything.

Federal task force offers clues on vaccine mandate compliance

09/21/2021

We won’t know the covid vaccine mandate compliance challenges private-sector employers will face until OSHA issues an emergency temporary standard. However, clues are available in new guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. Here’s what the guidance says about two key issues.

Biden’s vaccine mandate: Will it stand up in court?

09/16/2021

OSHA’s upcoming vaccine mandate plan will quickly face legal challenges from Republican and business groups. At issue: Opponents will say Congress intended federal workplace safety laws to regulate unsafe conditions at company properties, not to mandate a vaccine for workers.

Unresolved issues cloud coming vax mandate

09/16/2021

The devil will be in the details when it comes time for employers to respond to the White House’s recent call for some 80 million U.S. employees to be vaccinated against covid-19. So far, the details are in short supply.

Questions abound as vax mandate rolls out

09/14/2021

A flurry of questions erupted Sept. 9 when President Biden announced a series of vaccine mandates designed to slow the spread of covid-19. While answers are elusive so far, here are some of the pressing questions employers face.

Biden orders vaccinations or weekly testing

09/14/2021

A sweeping set of White House proposals issued Sept. 9 requires companies with 100 or more employees to require all workers to either prove they have been vaccinated against covid-19 or undergo weekly testing to prove they’re not infected.

The vaccine mandate: Here’s what we know we don’t know

09/13/2021

Now that a particle or two of dust has settled from last Thursday’s announcement that OSHA will write an emergency temporary standard requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated against covid-19, employers are left with some basic questions about this mandate. We’ve answered a few to the best of our ability.

Two-thirds of employers to delay workplace reopening

09/07/2021

Sixty-six percent of organizations are delaying reopening their offices due to new covid-19 variants, according to a poll of 238 executive leaders conducted by the Gartner business advisory firm.