President Joe Biden has announced that companies with 100 or more employees must have every worker fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4, 2022. Employees who are not vaccinated must provid…
by January 4, 2022. Employees who are not vaccinated must provide a negative COVID test at least once a week., the new vaccination rules will affect more than 100 million workers in America.
Under the new mandate, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workers must get paid time off when they leave to get vaccinated, and the company must give sick leave for workers who need to recover from any side effects from the vaccine. For employees who choose to not get vaccinated, companies are not required to pay for or provide their COVID tests, a rule that seems to favor workers getting vaccinated.
Under a different rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, health care workers must be vaccinated by the January 4 deadline and will not have the option for weekly COVID testing. Around 17 million health care workers, both clinical and non-clinical at some 76,000 companies that receive federal funding by Medicare or Medicaid, will be affected by the decision.
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