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Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccinations


Author: Omer A. Khan, Attorney at Law

                                                                                
                                                                      

Summary:

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”), the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal employment laws, issued Guidance regarding the ways in which employers’ mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies implicate employee rights under various federal statutes. The state of California has not passed legislation or issued regulatory guidance to address the issue, but the emerging consensus is that employers, including public employers, may require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with certain exceptions and limitations.


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