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Should Businesses Force Employees to Get Covid Vaccine? Advice From a Lawyer
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Talking to employees about Covid vaccines can be tricky for small business owners.
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With the Covid-19 vaccine rollout steadily gathering steam, and an overwhelming desire to get back to business, companies face a difficult choice: should they force employees to get vaccinated? And if not, how can they encourage workers to roll up their sleeves? Bloomberg Businessweek spoke to Kevin Troutman, a Houston-based lawyer who co-chairs the national healthcare practice of the law firm Fisher Phillips. This interview has been condensed.
Could an employer face some liability if its workers aren’t vaccinated?