Image by Brett Hondow from Pixabay Earlier in the week, you may have heard the news about a company assessing unvaccinated employees a $200 surcharge to offset the rising costs of health insurance attributable to COVID-19. On Wednesday, I spoke with 6abc Action News about the, err, news. Jon Hyman…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Since the FDA approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, President Biden has asked employers to mandate employee vaccinations. The American Medical Association has echoed the sentiment. But are more employers really ready to require COVID-19 vaccinations? Late last month, I asked, “Will your business mandate COVID-19…
Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine as the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Yesterday, the CDC announced that a COVID-19 booster shot would be needed to maximize vaccine-induced protection and prolong its durability. Not coincidentally, multiple news outlets, including NBC News (here), report that the U.S. will begin to provide Covid-19 booster shots to all Americans beginning the…
Image Credit: Publicdomainpictures.net License: CC0 Public Domain Nope. Here’s why. Generally, getting fired for intentionally violating a company’s rules or policies disqualifies that person from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. The burden is on the employer to show that the rule or policy exists, the employee knew about it and violated it…
lost by Andrew Doane from the Noun Project Spoiler alert: The place with hecka-cheesesteaks was flexing. Philadelphia’s mask rules. All Philadelphia businesses and institutions must require all employees and patrons — regardless of vaccination status — to wear masks indoors unless they require vaccinations for all employees and patrons. Certain…
Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons I know this should be a “Monday” post, but, oh, what the heck. Over the past several days, I’ve read several articles about providing religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine. The Dean of the UC-Berkely School of Law says…
Image Credit: Piqsels.com Early last week, California and New York City required their workers to get a COVID-19 vaccination or mask up and submit to regular testing. On Thursday, the federal government issued the same edit to its employees. Then on Monday, the State of New Jersey announced that all…
Yesterday, I asked, “Will your business mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees?” Fortunately, no one went as far into the deep end as the gentleman whom Chris Cuomo interviewed on CNN 🤯. Otherwise, the poll results were about as I expected. Here they are: 6.7% – We already do 14% –…
Image by Michi-Nordlicht from Pixabay On Tuesday, I told you how the Department of Veterans Administration planned to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all its employees. Well, in today’s edition of COVID-19 safety one-upmanship, NBC News is reporting that “President Joe Biden is expected to announce [today] that federal workers will…