Policy and Compliance: How to Write a Vaccination Policy in a Pandemic
Outside of the healthcare industry, an employee vaccination policy seems like something a business wouldn't have to ever dream of writing. Cue a global pandemic. As of December 17, 2021, OSHA's (Occupations Safety and Health Act) Emergency Temporary Standard has been reinstated. In case you were unaware of the initial ETS, it was a policy put in place, to be enforced by OSHA, requiring all employer's with 100 or more employees to have a current record of all employee's vaccination status and to implement a written vaccination-or testing policy. The ETS was suspended by a federal appeals court on November 6th, so that the courts could evaluate whether the ETS was a government overreach. The stay was lifted by the 6th Circuit Court in a 2-1 ruling. "Based on the [Occupational Safety and Health Act's] language, structure and Congressional approval, OSHA has long asserted its authority to protect workers against infectious diseases," wrote Judge Jane Stanch