Biden Order of Paid Time Off for Covid-19 Shots Has Precedent

President Joe Biden said he’ll require private employers to provide paid time off for their workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and to recover from any after-effects.

Such time off mandates are uncommon, though not unprecedented, but the president’s initiative may still face legal pushback.

The paid leave measure was one of several announced by the president on Thursday, including plans for emergency rules issued by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, all in an effort to boost U.S. vaccination rates and tamp down the resurgent pandemic.

About 25 percent of Americans aren’t yet inoculated. In ...