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FORECAST The city’s recovery depends on how fast it can put the pandemic behind it
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CORONAVIRUS
Should businesses mandate that staff get the Covid vaccine? Employers seek a safe return to work, but forcing the issue may not be feasible BY SHUAN SIM
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hen the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines became available to health care workers in December, hospitals and nursing homes didn’t expect pushback from employees. But an estimated 30% of health care workers are now expected to refuse the shots, according to health officials. “What do you do if your own workers refuse
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the vaccine?” asked Michael Balboni, executive director of the Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association, a nonprofit serving the needs of long-term-care facilities. “Do you just take people off the schedule if they refuse? Can we require them to take the vaccines?” Updated guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission issued Dec. 16
did not necessarily provide clarity. It stipulated that an employer can lawfully exclude a worker who cannot be vaccinated due to disability or religious convictions from the workplace if it cannot provide reasonable accommodation. The guidance gave employers the option of a
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