Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccinations: Can Your Employer Make you Get Vaccinated?

HEALTHCARE Apr 15, 2021 60 minutes
01:00 PM EST 12:00 PM CST 11:00 AM MST 10:00 AM PST

Description:-

This timely and intermediate webinar answers the question “Can your employer make you get a Covid-19 vaccination?”  And the following question is relevant in our health care world:  “What if you are a health care employee?”  This requirement poses a set of legal questions for employers of both health care workers and others.

Can the employer require their employees to get it?   This is the fundamental question.

Generally, any employer may require this vaccine to be taken; this is more of a backdoor way of having vaccination as an actual job requirement.  This is the fundamental answer.  But is there more?  Aren’t their exceptions?  If so, what are they?

Now, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said most companies have the legal right to mandate a Covid-19 vaccine.  This intermediate webinar will delve into the EEOC guidance in much detail.

In sum, employees are entitled, and employers are required, to ensure a safe workplace in which an individual does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of individuals in the workplace, including possible Covid-19 exposure and risk to self or others.

This intermediate webinar dispels the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about seeing a vaccination requirement in healthcare systems.

Areas Covered in the Session:-

  • The basics of employment law from state to state;
  • Employer mandates in health care and non-healthcare settings;
  • Updated guidance from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and;
  • Exceptions to mandatory vaccination requirements.

Background:-

  • Covid-19
  • Employment law
  • Public health
  • Vaccines
  • Vaccinations

Why Should you Attend?

Can your employer make you get a Covid-19 vaccination?  What if you are a health care employee?  This poses a set of legal questions for employers of both health care workers and others.

Can the employer require any of their employees to get it?

Generally, any employer may require this vaccine to be taken; this is more of a backdoor way of having vaccination as an actual job requirement.

Now, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said most companies have the legal right to mandate a Covid-19 vaccine but set forth many exceptions.

In sum, employees are entitled, and employers are required, to ensure a safe workplace in which an individual does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of individuals in the workplace, including preventing possible Covid-19 exposure and risk to self or others.

This webinar dispels the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about seeing a vaccination requirement in healthcare systems.

Who will benefit:-

  • Employment law attorneys
  • Hospital human resources departments
  • Health care supervisors
Presenter BIO

Mark R. Brengelman, Attorney at Law

Mark worked as the assigned counsel to numerous health professions licensure boards as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Moving to private practice, he now helps private clients in a wide variety of contexts who are professionally licensed.

Mark became interested in the law when he graduated with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta.  He then earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Law.  In 1995, Mark became an Assistant Attorney General and focused on the area of administrative and professional law where he represented multiple boards as General Counsel and Prosecuting Attorney.

Mark is a frequent participant in continuing education and has been a presenter for over fifty national and state organizations and private companies, including webinars and in-person seminars.  National and state organizations include the Kentucky Bar Association, the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, and the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute.

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