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CBVNM,.,MNBVCXasdfghjkl;Companies would rather not deal with the headaches of making vaccines mandatory. Douglas Brayley, a partner at Ropes & Gray, said the implications of enforcing a vaccine policy are one of the main things he tells companies to consider: “What if 10 percent of your work force refuses? Are you prepared to lay off that 10 percent? Or what if it’s someone high-level or in a key role, would you be prepared to impose consequences? And then they sometimes get more nervous.”
Companies are resorting to carrots over sticks. Darden offers hourly employees two hours of pay for each dose they receive. Target offers a $5 coupon to all customers and employees who receive their vaccination at a CVS at Target location. And many companies are hosting on-site clinics to make it easier to get vaccinated.
Others are experimenting with return-to-work policies that aren’t all or nothing. Salesforce will allow up to 100 fully vaccinated employees to volunteer to work together on designated floors of certain U.S. offices. Some companies are mandating the shots only for new hires.
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gfhmjk.ffghjkflg;hj'klavdsfbgjhkgjkjlk;l' As companies make plans to fully reopen their offices across the U.S., some in a matter of weeks, they face a delicate decision. Many would like all employees to be vaccinated when they return, but in the face of legal and P.R. risks, few employers have gone so far as to require it, Gillian Friedman and DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch report for The Times. Instead, they are hoping that encouragement and incentives will suffice.
There have been a few false starts. In January, the United Airlines chief Scott Kirby said he’d like to require all of the company’s employees to get vaccines, calling it “the right thing to do.” Months later, no decisions have been made. In February, the investment bank Jefferies sent a memo to employees saying they would need proof of vaccination to enter its office; a few weeks later, a follow-up note clarified that “We did not intend to make it sound as if we are mandating vaccines.”
Legally, requiring vaccines is probably (mostly) fine. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance in December stating that employers are legally permitted to require employees to be vaccinated. But companies are still worried about litigation, in part because several states have proposed laws that would limit their ability to require vaccines. Some of those restrictions pertain only to vaccines that, like those for Covid, have been granted only emergency authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer and BioNTech became the first companies to apply for full approval of their Covid-19 vaccine today, and others are expected to follow suit.
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