Brands Face Legal, Logistical Questions and Potential PR Impacts in Light of Biden Vaccine Mandate
Troutman Pepper attorneys Emily Schifter, Tracey Diamond, and Richard Gerakitis are quoted in the Fashion Law article, " Brands Face Legal, Logistical Questions and Potential PR Impacts in Light of Biden Vaccine Mandate."
Biden's initiative – which is the latest push to get individuals across the U.S. vaccinated – will raise an array of logistical and legal questions for the companies that it applies to. Among them, according to Troutman Pepper attorneys Emily Schifter, Tracey Diamond, and Richard Gerakitis: Who will pay for non-vaccinated employees' COVID-19 tests; whether employers will continue to be required to provide exemptions; whether the mandate will cover remote employees; how employers can verify the vaccination status of their workforce; and how the 100-employee threshold will be determined (the 100-employee trigger will apply on a company-wide basis, rather than on the number of employees at a particular site, per Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) senior advisor Ann Rosenthal, but it remains unclear how things like joint employment will factor in.)