How to Navigate Vaccine Mandates
Joe Bousquin, Construction Dive
With construction workers exhibiting some of the highest vaccine hesitancy rates of any occupation, contractors are increasingly finding themselves being pulled between the personal preferences of their employees in a tight labor market and owner requirements that all workers on their jobsites be inoculated against COVID-19.
Contractors that are considering drafting their own vaccine requirements for employees now have stronger legal footing for doing so via the Food and Drug Administration's recent full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, as well as plenty of supporting case law, lawyers say.
Any mandated vaccination policy contractors adopt internally for their own workers should be in writing, based on the EEOC's guidelines and provide employees accommodation options if they have a legitimate reason.