Comments on: Paid Time Off For Covid-19 Vaccines? It’s the Law in NY and Elsewhere If You Mandate the Jab

By: VL

VL — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:30:11 +0000

Is the state of New York reimbursing employers for this mandatory PTO? Does this apply to all employers in NY regardless of number of employees?

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:21:03 +0000

Employers have a duty under OSHA to provide safe workplaces. While no vaccine provides 100% protection from becoming infected with COVID-19, all of the approved ones prevent people from getting extremely ill, requiring hospitalization or dying. The Pfizer one has also been shown to prevent the fully-vaccinated from spreading the coronavirus. COVID-19 is highly-transmissible and potentially deadly. It would be remiss for employers not to require their employees to be vaccinated.

By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:19:29 +0000

In reply to MariaRose. The requirement to pay people goes through the end of 2022. I don't have any specific timelines for vaccinations. I am hearing May or early summer, but I'm not an expert.

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:15:13 +0000

In reply to MariaRose. Where in the article did you see that it may be next year before everyone has access to a vaccine? Thank you.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:03:18 +0000

I am still stuck on how an employer could make an experimental “vaccine” that no one know how long it lasts and the makers can never be sued for mandatory, but I am glad people at least get their 4-8 hours to do it.

By: MariaRose

MariaRose — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:45:53 +0000

As a New Yorker, who works in a front-facing people job, this is helpful for the employees, because most employers, here, care little about the safety and care of their employees. They only provided PPE and sanitation precautions because it became mandated. But what is funny, is that the vaccinations are still not available to the entire population but only certain individuals who qualify under the listed guidelines and only just this week allow grocery workers and teachers to get vaccinated. I personally feel that all employers should give paid time for getting the vaccination no matter whether they require it or not and offer accommodations for those who don’t want to be vaccinated. Anyone who doesn’t get vaccinated, should not expect to go back to pre-Covid-19 job status, without safety standards in place. I appreciate your information posted in this article which tells me that despite the claim by the federal government that all individuals will be vaccinated by May 1, 2021, we may all be waiting until 2022 for access to the vaccinated. It didn’t take that long when the polio vaccine was given as the entire public were required to go to the public health centers.