{"id":"DUT-FED-071","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance)","authority":"42 U.S.C. 12112(d), 12113(b); 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2; 29 C.F.R. 1630.2(r)","instrument":"What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K)","title":"What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (updated May 28, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-05-28","end":"updated Oct. 13 and Oct. 25, 2021 and later","startDate":"2021-05-28","endDate":"2021-10-25","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","VAX","QUAR"],"addressees":["ADA- and Title VII-covered employers"],"clause":"Updated on May 28, 2021.... K.1. Under the ADA, Title VII, and other federal employment nondiscrimination laws, may an employer require all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19? (5/28/21) The federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, subject to the reasonable accommodation provisions of Title VII and the ADA and other EEO considerations discussed below.","enforcement":"none","functions":[],"notes":"Permissive: the EEOC\u0027s position in force for 2021Q3 that employer vaccination requirements, screening and exclusion of unvaccinated or symptomatic employees were consistent with federal EEO law subject to accommodation; the compulsion to adopt such measures came from the health-care conditions of participation, the federal contractor order and the State and local mandates. Character as recorded: agency_guidance_permissive (\u0027do not prevent\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210602000509/https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":485208,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_guidance_permissive","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-071","citation":"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K) (Ex. DUT-FED-071)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-070"]}