Employers in California are rushing to mandate Covid-19 vaccines as the Delta variant spreads, but they’re leaving out a key group: the essential service workers who have borne the brunt of risky conditions since the start of the pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. — Employers in California — like much of the country — are rushing to mandate Covid-19 vaccines as the Delta variant spreads, but they’re leaving out a key group: the essential service workers who have borne the brunt of risky conditions since the start of the pandemic.
A growing roster of public and private employers, from tech giants to health care systems to the federal government, have rolled out vaccine requirements in recent days as case counts explode and hospitalizations rise. California and New York announcedBut threatening layoffs — or managing testing programs — is less feasible when a large share of a workforce is unvaccinated.
The Biden administration has called on employers to provide workers paid leave for Covid-19 vaccinations, but the Department of Labor has yet to issue guidance about whether they must do so if they require employees to receive the vaccines. Legally, public and private employers that require people to get vaccinated as a condition of employment stand on solid ground, said Michelle Strowhiro, an employment attorney at McDermott Will & Emery in Southern California, who co-leads the firm’s Covid-19 employment task force.
, setting a Sept. 24 deadline for executives and Oct. 1 deadline for office staff. The company is offering a $200 incentive for its frontline workers to be vaccinated by Nov. 1, but noted the requirement was “subject to ongoing discussions with locations represented by unions.” “We’re stuck in a situation in which we have two completely different worlds,” Hernandez said of the vaccination divide, “and I don’t see us having any public policy quick enough to solve some of the ongoing issues we have.”
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