The U.S. government may not require that everyone get Covid vaccines, but large employers are stepping into the void.
for new employees. United had followed suit. American and Delta have offered incentives like extra time off for employees who get vaccinated. Delta says more than 73% of its staff is vaccinated.
By mandating inoculations, corporate America is taking action in a way federal legislators cannot, said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Hastings College of the Law. Outside of requiring vaccines for its own employees, Reiss said the federal government "probably doesn't have the power to say everybody in the U.S. has to get vaccinated or pay a fine."The New York Times
Companies also have the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on their side, said Thomas Lenz, a professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. As long as their mandates abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the commission said in May, companies could require "all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated" against the coronavirus.
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