On June 25, 2021, employment attorney Mark Carey was interviewed by Christine Stuart from NBC Connecticut. You can watch the interview HERE.
Hospital workers were some of the first to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, but not everyone in those medical settings received the vaccine. The association representing hospitals in a state sent out a statewide policy endorsing a vaccine mandate Thursday. Carey says the vaccine mandate is legal. There’s the religious issue and there’s the medical issue, Carey said. Those are the only two exemptions to an employer-based vaccine mandate. Employers can mandate vaccinations, Carey said. He says most employers have been very cautious in enforcing vaccine mandates, but he believes the tide is changing. You’ll start to see more, and more employers start to do that, Carey says. There’s a legal gray area, according to Carey, for young women trying to conceive who might be worried about the vaccine’s impact on their fertility.
We’re all in this petri dish of a social scientific experiment that when if they have that serious concern they should address it to their employer, Carey said. Carey says workers should address vaccine concerns with their employers. I would suggest that all parties have adult conversations and really have some compassion during this really unprecedented time, Carey added. Hospitals and their employees have been on the frontlines of this pandemic.
If you would like more information about the Vaccine Mandate, please contact our employment attorneys at Carey & Associates, P.C.
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