Vaccine Status on Resume Trend Opens Door to Hiring Bias

Job seekers are touting their vaccine status on resumes or LinkedIn profiles, but what could be a boost for a candidate’s application puts employers at risk.

While vaccine mandates are largely legal and increasingly common, employment lawyers warn that hiring managers can discriminate—even unintentionally—by choosing or weeding out applicants based on Covid-19 inoculation status alone. The practice clashes with federal protections for people with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs.

Because Black and Latino individuals overall have lower vaccination rates, a blanket policy could also mean unintentional bias against those groups, they say.

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