Understand the laws impacting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing programs and the key issues to consider when structuring a program.
COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters are now increasingly required for employees, and while employers are anxious to have a vaccinated workforce in order to avoid future closures and outbreaks, OSHA's upcoming emergency standard requiring most employers to mandate either vaccines or tests complicates the issue and raises the specter of $136,532 penalties per affected worker. This topic will address the legal complexities on structuring mandated vaccine programs under statutes administered by the EEOC, OSHA, and under collective bargaining agreements. The material will address worker resistance to mandated vaccination programs. The speaker will also review the various intertwining federal laws impacting mandatory workplace vaccination programs, ranging from the OSH Act, ADA, and Title VII to issues arising under collective bargaining agreements, wage and hour laws, FMLA, and state workers' compensation laws. This material will also outline key issues to consider when structuring a program, including on-site versus off-site, verification of vaccination status in light of both HIPAA and GINA, which refusals are protected, and what elements are needed to assert the direct threat to safety affirmative defense. The new EEOC policy declaring "Long-COVID" to be recognized as a disability under the ADA will also be addressed.
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Agenda
Overview
- Overview of Issue
- Vaccine Basics - Initial and Booster Issues
- Key HR and Other Issues
EEOC Guidance on Mandatory Vaccines and Employment Law Issues
- Biden Executive Orders on COVID-19 and OSHA Emergency Standards
- Religious Belief Exceptions and Reasonable Accommodation for Vaccines
- ADA and GINA Issues, Reasonable Accommodation and Direct Threat to Safety Defense, EEOC Policy on Long-COVID
- Vaccines, Overtime Pay, and FMLA Leave
OSHA ETS on Vaccines/Testing and Workers' Compensation Implications
- Worker Right of Refusal Under NLRA
- Issues of Vaccine Administration by Employer and Workers' Compensation
- Employer Vaccine Incentive Programs and OSHA
Best Practices and Solutions
- Best Practices for Addressing Employee Vaccinations for COVID-19
- Employment and OSHA Solutions
- Conclusion
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- CA MCLE 1.0
- CT CLE 1.0
- HI CLE 1.0
- NJ CLE 1.2
- VT CLE 1.0
- WA CLE 1.0
- WV MCLE 1.2
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- HI CLE 1.0
- This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 CLE credit hours.
- IL CLE 1.0
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- RI CLE 1.0
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- VT CLE 1.0
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- WI CLE 1.0
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- WV MCLE 1.2
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HR Certification Institute 1.25
- This E-Learning program has been approved for 1.25 (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR(TM), aPHRi(TM), PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi(TM) and SPHRi(TM)recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.
SHRM 1.0
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To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
- Those applying for AIA and HRCI must view 100% of the program and answer the questions following the program.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Faculty
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C.
- President of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C., MD, CO, and WV; www.safety-law.com
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of occupational safety and health and employment law
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on numerous OSHA, MSHA, and human resource issues
- Wrote several publications related to the areas of occupational safety and health and employment law and hosts the podcast “Ask the Safety Lawyer” on the Safety Justice League channel
- Memberships include ASSP, NSC, and ABA
- J.D. degree, George Washington University; B.S. degree, University of Maryland
- Can be contacted at 301-595-3520, [email protected] or on Twitter® @Safetylawyer1
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