19 Dec Texas: Obligatory COVID Vaccinations Prohibited
Efficient February 6, 2024, employers in Texas are prohibited from adopting or implementing a mandate that requires workers or candidates for employment to be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 as a situation of employment. Moreover, employers can’t take hostile motion in opposition to these people for refusing to be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
There’s an exception for sure well being care services and suppliers. Employers falling underneath this exception could set up a “affordable coverage” for workers who aren’t vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 “based mostly on the extent of threat the person presents to sufferers.”
(TX SB 7 was signed by the governor on November 10, 2023)
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