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They can require vaccination and fire employees who don’t comply, or take other actions such as withholding company perks or charging extra for health insurance.

Businesses for months have been encouraging workers to get vaccinated, in some cases offering incentives like time off or gift cards. But more are taking a harder stance and requiring vaccinations for any remaining holdouts, a push that has gained momentum since Pfizer’s vaccine recently received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Employers “feel like they’ve sort of hit that point where the unvaccinated are not going to do it unless there’s something significant making them do it,” said Wade Symons, a partner with Mercer, a benefits consultant.

It’s legal for businesses to require the shots, and they could fire employees who don’t comply. In other cases, workers might be required to wear masks or get regular tests for the virus. Some companies also are considering making the unvaccinated pay more for their health insurance. ....

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Vaccine resistance, Part I: Grocery workers were on the front lines of the pandemic — so why so many still unvaccinated?

Wed, 2021-09-01 12:46 — mike kraft

Grocery workers were on the front lines of the pandemic — so why do so many remain unvaccinated? “I could see us doing [a vaccine mandate] if people were dying like crazy,” said one worker who has resisted calls from his employer to get vaccinated. NBC News

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Partial list of the U.S. companies mandating vaccines for all or some employees

Wed, 2021-09-01 10:26 — mike kraft

Here are the companies mandating vaccines for all or some employees From United Airlines to Goldman Sachs, a nationwide spike in coronavirus cases is pushing companies to implement vaccine policies for some or all employees. NBC News

As the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to strike communities nationwide, companies are stepping up their vaccine requirements, mandating that some or all employees get vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination.

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More American companies are weighing penalties for unvaccinated workers

Fri, 2021-08-27 10:23 — mike kraft

More companies are weighing penalties for unvaccinated workers Lawyers who advise businesses say more employers are thinking about asking unvaccinated workers to pay higher costs associated with their health-care plans. Jena McGregor Washington Post

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Tight U.S. labor market impediment to vaccine mandates

Fri, 2021-08-20 09:49 — mike kraft

Your boss wants to make you get the vaccine. The labor shortage is stopping them At Kevin Smith's home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been vaccinated. He'd like to order them all to get the shot, but he says he can't risk a mass exodus. Chris Isidore, CNN Business CNN

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Lack of paid time off undermines U.S. vaccine campaign --surveys, policy experts

Tue, 2021-08-17 11:02 — mike kraft

America’s failure to pay workers time off undermines vaccine campaign, according to surveys, policy experts Eli Rosenberg, Jeff Stein Washington Post

As federal policymakers search for ways to boost America’s vaccination rates, a lack of paid sick leave is playing a role in deterring low-wage workers from taking time off to get vaccinated, according to surveys and policy experts.

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Vaccine mandate issue: workers' poll and 3 US airlines say no mandates

Wed, 2021-08-11 10:07 — mike kraft

Nearly 4 in 10 US workers say they may quit if their employer doesn’t mandate vaccines A large survey shows the majority of workers support vaccine mandates and nearly 40% would even consider leaving their jobs if mandates were not put in place. Still, a larger share would quit if they faced an ultimatum. Lila MacLellan Quartz

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OPINION: The U.S health care workforce is understaffed for the post pandemic situation io

Mon, 2021-07-05 11:50 — mike kraft

The health care workforce is understaffed for life after Covid-19 - STAT Too few medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, and others in the health care workforce will complicate post-Covid medical care. Patrick Skerrett STAT

As the U.S. gradually unburies itself from the Covid-19 pandemic, some people have been sounding the alarm about looming shortages of physicians and nurses. They should be equally worried about shortages of others in the health care workforce, like medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, dental assistants, and more.

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U.S Companies reopening offices are trying to find out how much of their work force is vaccinated.

Mon, 2021-06-14 11:25 — mike kraft

The message from many companies to their office workers is clear. It will soon be time to shed the slippers for hard shoes and return to your desk. But many companies are still puzzling over a single quandary: What to do about vaccines. Should they require employees to get them? Encourage or cajole or bribe them?

“We’re all kind of, you know, flying by the seat of our pants,” said Wayne Wager, the chief executive of Remote Medical International, a consulting firm in Seattle that is helping companies that are reopening offices. Mr. Wager said his own company had not decided what to do yet, but would probably demand that anyone coming back be vaccinated.

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