OSHA Issues Guidance on Employer Recording Obligations Regarding Mandatory Vaccination Programs

On April 20, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued guidance regarding employers’ obligation to record adverse actions to the COVID-19 vaccine. The guidance, which is in the form of answers to three frequently asked questions, clarifies that if an employer adopts a mandatory vaccination policy, an adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine is recordable on an employer’s OSHA 300 log if the reaction is: (1) work-related; (2) a new case; and (3)...
By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

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