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COVID-19 employment guidelines

Can NY Employers Require Their Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Can NY Employers Require Their Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

suzen Pettit | April 7, 2021 | COVID-19 employment guidelines, Employment Law | covid-19 vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccines: Can a NY employer require you to get one? And should they? The answer is generally, yes, but first we need to distinguish between a private sector employer and a public- state or city- employer.  In the private sector, employers have the last say. The employee has a choice to make: either get the vaccination or resign.  That being said, as of now, the government has not forced anyone in the private sector to get the vaccine.  Remember, in the private sector the general rule is …

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NY State Covid19 CoronaVirus vaccine employment law changes

My Take on NY State Paid COVID-19 Vaccination and Family Leave Guidelines

suzen Pettit | March 29, 2021 | COVID-19 employment guidelines, Employment Law | NY State covid-19 employee guidelines

On March 12, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill granting public and private employees paid leave in order to get a COVID-19 vaccine, specifically four hours per injection. The NY State Paid COVID-19 vaccination and family leave guidelines state that employees cannot be docked time for leaving the office to get a COVID vaccine for up to eight hours. Note: If an employee receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which only requires one shot, obviously that employee is only entitled to …

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