It's almost ironic, since the states where people are most likely to get vaccinated can not make it a job requirement.
While those states where people are least likely to get vaccinated can be a requirement of employment.
Many workplace leaders have been wondering, “Can we require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment?” According to a recent Ogletree Deakins benchmarking survey, most employers are not ready to implement mandatory vaccination policies, and 87.9 percent of employers...
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In April 2021, a Texas hospital system announced to its 26,000 employees that they all needed to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of staying employed. The hospital gave employees only a couple of narrow exemptions—based on a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief, which the hospital granted when appropriate. More than 100 nurses and other healthcare employees filed suit against their employer, Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, under Texas common law, claiming that it is unlawful for Houston Methodist to require the vaccine.
On June 12, 2021, after denying the employees’ request for a temporary restraining order—and a mere four days after Houston Methodist moved to dismiss the claims—U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes inoculated employers from such challenges (at least in Texas) by kicking the lawsuit out of court because “Texas law only protects employees from being terminated for refusing to commit an act carrying criminal penalties to the worker … [and r]eceiving a COVID-19 vaccination is not an illegal act, and it carries no criminal penalties.”