Employees Fired For Refusing Vaccine May Not Qualify For Unemployment
As more and more major companies require their employees to have the COVID-19 vaccine in order to go to work, many are facing the prospects of unemployment and now it seems that employees who are terminated for not taking the vaccine could not qualify for unemployment benefits.
Quentin Brogdon, a lawyer, notes that employers are legally permitted to mandate vaccines.
“The answer, the consensus, is now that employers probably can require that,” Brogdon said. “Particularly given that the Pfizer vaccine is no longer approved (by the FDA) only under an emergency use authorization. It’s now fully and finally approved.”
Many jobs now require proof of vaccination in order to let people return to work.
Per WYMT, employees can be fired for refusing to do so.
“Probably, an employee can be fired for refusing to be vaccinated unless the employee has a sincerely held religious belief against the vaccination or if the employee had a disability that would make the employee more susceptible to the bad effects of the vaccination,” he added.
Refusing the vaccine is against company policy and to qualify for unemployment benefits you must prove that you are out of work at no fault of your own.
“This topic isn’t going away anytime soon,” Brogdon added. “Many (WAVE 3 News) viewers are going to have strong opinions on either side of the issue whether it’s for being vaccinated or against being vaccinated, and the laws are having to catch up with the reality of what’s going on the ground, and employers are having to make some tough decisions right now.”
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