Takeaways from Employer Guidance on Vaccine Requirements in the Workplace

The NACC’s Business Works presented a webinar on June 15^th to unpack the complexities of employer’s navigation of how to set policies regarding vaccines in the workplace.

Some key takeaways:

It is legal for employers to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. However, many factors go into making vaccines mandatory including the impact on company culture, public relations, resources required to administering the policy, etc.
The safest way for employers to have their employees vaccinated is to have them go to a third party, like a CVS or their own doctors to avoid legal ramifications.
Although there are widespread reports of use of “fake vaccination cards”, the simplest way of documenting that an employee is “fully vaccinated” to request a copy of the employee’s completed vaccination card. A copy of these cards should be treated as confidential materials and stored appropriately.
Decisions about how and when to bring workers back can impact the office culture long-term. Policies should reflect equitable treatment of all employees. Public health department guidance is a good resource for directives.
The policy landscape on this issue can change quickly due to the risks of the COVID-19 variants, etc. The NACC will keep our members abreast of future policy updates.

A full recording of the program and the extensive Q&A following can be found on our program YouTubve Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-DHG9DaH7s

A special thanks to our Chamber Member panelists for sharing their expertise with us: