Vaccine Incentive Advice for Employers Coming: EEOC Attorney (1)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will address the legal gray area of employers offering Covid-19 vaccination incentives, after lawmakers and employer groups requested the workplace civil rights agency weigh in.

“The agency expects to update its technical assistance about COVID-19 to address these issues, among others, and that work is ongoing,” Carol Miaskoff, the EEOC’s acting legal counsel, said in a letter addressed to employer groups including the Chamber of Commerce, the International Franchise Association, and others, and obtained by Bloomberg Law Thursday.

Employers across the country have offered incentives, from paid time off to cash bonuses, to encourage ...