Fixed Ops Magazine - 2021 Vol18 01 - 20
F EAT U RE
A LAWYER'S
EYE VIEW
Employers Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine as a
Condition of Returning to the Workplace*
A
t least two COVID-19 vaccines have received
these Acts to smaller employers, and/or place further
FDA emergency use authorization and dis-
requirements on employers.
tribution has begun in earnest around the
country. Experts expect the vaccine to be generally
available to everyone by late spring or early summer.
As employers seek to reopen their workplaces, many
wonder whether they can require employees to be vaccinated as a condition of returning to the office. Per
recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance
on the issue, employers seeking
to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine
must be careful not to violate the
legal requirements of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), and the Genetic the ADA
Information Nondiscrimination Act
(GINA), all of which apply to most
employers with 15 or more employees. Additional state and local laws
could extend the requirements of
20
THE ADA: " MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, "
" DISABILITY-RELATED INQUIRIES "
AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
While the ADA limits the circumstances under which
As employers seek
an employer may require a " medical
to reopen their
EEOC's guidance suggests that the
workplaces, many
examination, because it does not
wonder whether they
ual's impairments or current health
can require employees
examination " of an employee, the
COVID-19 vaccine is not a medical
seek information about an individstatus.
However, if the employer
administers the vaccine, pre-vac-
to be vaccinated as a
cination screening questions may
condition of returning
cerning " disability-related inquiries. "
to the office.
make " disability-related inquiries "
implicate the ADA's provision conThe ADA requires employers who
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