In this Texas: The Issue Is, FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski spoke to state Rep. Jeff Leach about Senate Bill 7, a proposed ban on businesses requiring COVID vaccines for employees.
SB 7 would prevent a private business owner from requiring employees to get a COVID vaccine. The bill's sponsor on the House side, Plano Republican Jeff Leach has more on the debate.would prevent a private business owner from requiring employees to get a COVID vaccine. The legislation had a hearing this past Monday, which at times was pretty intense. It was voted out of committee Thursday and could be on the House floor for debate later this week.
But if you've got a certain employee or segment of employees that, let's say for reasons of conscience or for medical reason or religion, decide I don't want to be forced to get this vaccine and that employer can work with that employee, with those employees to make reasonable accommodations to either work from home, to work in another area of the office.
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