Majority of Employers Will Encourage, Not Require, COVID-19 Vaccine, HR Magazine
(01/06/2021)
Morgan Lewis associate Daniel Kadish was quoted in an HR Magazine article about best practices for employers amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. In the piece, Daniel noted that an employer must provide "reasonable accommodations" to workers who decide not to get the COVID-19 vaccine because of religious or disability concerns.
Legal Tech’s Predictions for Remote Working and COVID-19 in 2021, Legaltech News
(01/06/2021)
Morgan Lewis partner Sharon Masling discussed the future of remote working as part of a series of 2021 predictions collated by Legaltech News. Sharon, a director of the firm’s workplace culture consulting group, said, “Although vaccines offer some hope for returning to a pre-pandemic in-person work environment, remote work has become the new normal and employees increasingly expect to have remote work flexibility.”
Emergency Virus Vaccine Approval Adds More Risk to Job Mandates, Bloomberg Law
(12/30/2020)
Morgan Lewis partner Sharon Perley Masling spoke with Bloomberg Law about the legal questions for employers around mandating the COVID-19 vaccine. “Whether to mandate the vaccine is obviously an industry-by-industry and employer-by-employer decision,” said Sharon. “In most cases, however, our clients are deciding to strongly encourage their employees to get the vaccine rather than require them to do so while the vaccine is under an EUA.”
Can Your Employer Require You to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?, HuffPost
(12/04/2020)
Morgan Lewis partner Sharon Perley Masling spoke with the HuffPost about the potential for employers to require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “Most clients right now are leaning toward encouraging rather than requiring the vaccine, just because there are still so many unanswered questions,” said Sharon in the article. “I think it is wise for employers to start planning, but those plans are going to be revised as we get more information.