Take It or Leave It Podcast - Episode 2: Medical Accommodations for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Take It or Leave It is the only law firm podcast focused exclusively on workplace leaves, absence management, and accommodations. Hosts Meg Toth and Josh Seidman, Employment attorneys and co-leaders of Seyfarth’s Leave of Absence Management & Accommodations team, explore the latest legal developments, forecast new laws, identify workplace trends, and offer practical, business-oriented considerations within the leave, absence management, and accommodations space.

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Episode 2: Medical Accommodations for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Prior to exemption requests for the COVID-19 vaccine, most employers were familiar with and regularly handled medical accommodation requests under the ADA.  However, even for experienced employers, employee requests to be exempt from the COVID-19 vaccine for medical or disability-related reasons, particularly in the face of company vaccine mandates, have presented some significant and novel issues.  During this episode of “Take It or Leave It,” Labor & Employment Attorney and ADA accommodation expert, Kristin McGurn, joins co-hosts, Josh Seidman and Meg Toth, to discuss different types of medical accommodation requests employers are receiving from employees in response to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, how employers are handling medical opinions from treating healthcare providers that conflict with CDC guidelines, and the different approaches employers are using to analyze and address these medical accommodation requests.