Can Public Safety Employers require Employees to get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Two COVID-19 vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, have been granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization. Healthcare workers across the country are receiving these vaccinations.

Healthcare employers have to make a choice. Do they require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, or do they leave that choice up to individual employees? This choice is even more critical because healthcare workers in many states are among the first to be offered COVID-19 vaccines. The CDC proposes that healthcare workers, include EMS, be provided the COVID-19 vaccine in phase 1a. Read More…