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Postby NAN » Fri May 07, 2021 11:22 am

My job just sent out a memo stating that its mandatory that everyone gets vaccinated by June 30th. All the Republicans are having a fit right now lolol.
:thumb: Good for your company.

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Postby PFiDC » Fri May 07, 2021 11:22 am

Wow. You mean they have to get vaccinated in order to stay employed there at all? That's rough.

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Postby Morkle » Fri May 07, 2021 11:23 am

I honestly don't know how they can do that.

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 11:23 am

How many people work for your company? I’m trying to gauge how many lawsuits that’ll be

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Postby Cagsjr724 » Fri May 07, 2021 11:27 am

Wow. You mean they have to get vaccinated in order to stay employed there at all? That's rough.
Yup. "All employees will need to show proof of vaccination if they want to start/continue employment with the company."

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Postby Cagsjr724 » Fri May 07, 2021 11:28 am

How many people work for your company? I’m trying to gauge how many lawsuits that’ll be
20ish here in PA. Not sure how many are in California.

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Postby PFiDC » Fri May 07, 2021 11:52 am

PA is an at will state. If I were going to do that I would have chosen a slightly less obvious method.

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 11:52 am

Please keep us posted. As far I am aware, since the vaccines are under emergency use, this is not legal.

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Postby tifosi77 » Fri May 07, 2021 12:24 pm

OSHA has issued guidance that adverse reactions to mandated vaccinations are recordable as workplace incidents. Good luck with those lawsuits.

Get the f**king shots.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Fri May 07, 2021 1:06 pm

wouldn't you still be able to claim a religious exemption even if the vaccines aren't under emergency use?

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Postby faftorial » Fri May 07, 2021 1:12 pm

What is the basis for religious exemptions from vaccines? Being a christian scientist?

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 1:24 pm

You have to be able to perform a small miracle to prove a religious exemption

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 1:24 pm

Like mikey passing a STD test

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Postby King Colby » Fri May 07, 2021 1:42 pm

I thought you said small miracle

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Fri May 07, 2021 2:06 pm

My company has stated that you may recommend that employees get it but you can’t ask if they have.

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Postby count2infinity » Fri May 07, 2021 3:08 pm

Starting Monday, employees here can start coming back to the office as they wish after consulting with their manager. The announcement said that all employees will be required to come back onsite at some point in mid June, and the exact date will be finalized when the new order is released from the Wolf admin. Essentially everyone is coming back in June, but they're waiting to see what the rules are before they bring everyone back.

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Postby CBear3 » Fri May 07, 2021 5:32 pm

We're merging the two engineering locations back together sometime this month, with the addition of plexiglass shields to separate the two desks on the long end of our dogbone setup and a new air filtration system.
The Varsity stayed in the mezzanine office while the JV team had to setup desks in our training center.

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Postby nocera » Fri May 07, 2021 7:47 pm

My sister just got Covid one week before her second shot. Bummer.

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Postby Shyster » Fri May 07, 2021 8:11 pm

Please keep us posted. As far I am aware, since the vaccines are under emergency use, this is not legal.

While there are issues of ADA compliance in terms of having to offer reasonable accommodations, it is not per se prohibited for en employer to require the jab as a condition for employment. That the vaccines are currently under emergency authorizations is not controlling. The EEOC has a FAQ on this topic (the third link below), and the first two links are commentary on the topic. The prohibition on requiring emergency-authorization vaccines appears to apply to the government forcing people to take it, such as a state issuing an order that everyone has to get the vaccine. But private employers are not prohibited from requiring vaccination.

Top 7 Things You Need To Know As EEOC Says Employers May Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.fisherphillips.com/news-ins ... cines.html

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Updates Guidance Concerning the Permissibility of Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations
https://www.calpublicagencylaboremploym ... cinations/

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-shou ... r-eeo-laws

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Postby faftorial » Fri May 07, 2021 8:12 pm

Please keep us posted. As far I am aware, since the vaccines are under emergency use, this is not legal.

While there are issues of ADA compliance in terms of having to offer reasonable accommodations, it is not per se prohibited for en employer to require the jab as a condition for employment. That the vaccines are currently under emergency authorizations is not controlling. The EEOC has a FAQ on this topic (the third link below), and the first two links are commentary on the topic. The prohibition on requiring emergency-authorization vaccines appears to apply to the government forcing people to take it, such as a state issuing an order that everyone has to get the vaccine. But private employers are not prohibited from requiring vaccination.

Top 7 Things You Need To Know As EEOC Says Employers May Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.fisherphillips.com/news-ins ... cines.html

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Updates Guidance Concerning the Permissibility of Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations
https://www.calpublicagencylaboremploym ... cinations/

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-shou ... r-eeo-laws
:thumb:

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 8:36 pm

Excellent stuff, lawyer boy

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Postby faftorial » Fri May 07, 2021 8:56 pm

Excellent stuff, lawyer boy
Has your employer mandated it? Mine hasn't.

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Postby meow » Fri May 07, 2021 9:03 pm

There are no plans to make it mandatory at this time.

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Postby Shyster » Fri May 07, 2021 9:17 pm

My firm has requested that everyone get vaccinated. It's not strictly required, at least as of yet. I do know that a whole bunch of us have already been vaccinated.

More than 24 hours past shot 2, I'm maybe a little tired, and there's some arm soreness, but not too much. I don't feel all that bad at all.

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Postby obhave » Sat May 08, 2021 9:27 am

We were encouraged to get vaccinated and no one without a vaccination is allowed to travel. Everyone on the team is expected to travel at least once a year to a customer site, so this basically requires vaccination without mandating it. Everyone on the team has their second shot but me at this point.

Manager has approved a hybrid model for me. Most of our local team (80%) has been onsite throughout the pandemic and the rest of us are now doing 1-2 days a week starting this past month. Looks like I can continue doing the hybrid system long term, which I am looking forward to.

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