“A lot of employers have decided they don’t want the controversy.' Don’t expect every company to start mandating vaccines, some experts say.
A Texas federal judge on Saturday upheld a Houston hospital system’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for staff, in a decision that could offer clarity on the legal question of whether companies can require the shot.
In the Texas case, more than 100 Houston Methodist Hospital workers refused to comply with the approximately 26,000-employee hospital system’s June 7 deadline to get vaccinated. As of Monday, 54.4% of America’s adult population was fully vaccinated, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When Fisher Phillips polled employers last month on whether they were requiring vaccines, 83% of the more than 600 surveyed employers said they weren’t doing it or going to do it, up from 64% in January. What’s more, 13% were unsure what to do, versus 27% in January, the poll said. But it might be different for healthcare workers Across all industries, the court decision may not prompt more vaccination mandates, said Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, managing director at the human resources consulting firm Willis Towers Watson.
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