In the current pandemic environment, employers are searching for increasingly creative ways to incentivize COVID-19 vaccination among their employees. “Vaccine sweepstakes,” by which employers offer cash or other prizes (often substantial) to winning employees who are randomly selected from a pool of vaccinated entrants, are gaining popularity across all industries. Indeed, the popularity of such sweepstakes may increase further after the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked a nationwide vaccination-or-testing mandate for large employers.
