EEOC: Employers Can Require Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination under Certain Conditions

What's the news. Federal equal employment opportunity laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees who will physically enter the workplace to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in a May 28, 2021, update, with exceptions for reasonable accommodations as provided by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other equal employment opportunity considerations.