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Employers Apply Different Requirements to Vaccinated and Unvaccinated

August 23, 2021

Via: SHRM

Some employers are applying selected workplace rules only to unvaccinated workers in an effort to protect employees from the COVID-19 delta variant, but are inadvertently intensifying conflicts between the vaccinated and unvaccinated and creating legal risks. Other employers are opting for universal standards to protect employee safety.

“Some employers are requiring unvaccinated employees to submit responses to daily screening questions, while not requiring vaccinated employees to do so,” said Jonathan Wetchler, an attorney with Duane Morris in Philadelphia. “Employers have also considered whether to limit access to certain parts of the workplace to only those who are vaccinated.”

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