U.S. agency makes clear companies can require workers to be vaccinated against COVID

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Recently updated guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revealed on Friday that companies and employers can mandate and incentivize the COVID-19 vaccination on their employees.

Federal laws do not prevent companies or employers from incentivizing immunization, either, according to the EEOC. According to the commission's statement:"Because vaccinations require employees to answer pre-vaccination disability-related screening questions, a very large incentive could make employees feel pressured to disclose protected medical information."

However, some experts are concerned that the incentivization could provide too much of a gray area. Employment attorney Helen Rella thinks that the level of"coercion" in incentives is dependent on the employee, reported"What is 'coercive' is unclear because, just as with anything else," she said,"one person's view of what is a coercive incentive is not the same as another person's.

Rella added:"You might find an incentive of $100 coercive and another person might find an incentive of $10,000 coercive. That's where the door is left open [where] we don't have the detailed guidance we were hoping to receive." Michelle S. Strowhiro, an employment adviser and lawyer at McDermott Will & Emery, echoes Rella in believing that some legal issues may arise. According to the AP, Strowhiro says that because of the caution, a lot of companies may just highly recommend vaccinations without making them mandatory.

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They're correct. Private companies should be able to do this. But governments should not.

MY BODY! MY CHOICE! THE SAFELY! VACCINATED ARE SAFE! AND SAFELY! VACCINATED. MEDICAL REASONS PROHIBIT MILLIONS' THE ABILITY TO RECIEVE THE VACCINATIONS. I CHOOSE TO STAY ALIVE. MY BODY! MY CHOICE! LEARN TO LOVE. MY BODY! MY CHOICE! LEARN LOVE.

Welcome to leftist authoritarianism. You have the right to obey.

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