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So who was forced to get the vax to stay employed?

Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:28 am
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
4130 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:28 am
What are your thoughts, feelings and next move?

Do you stay with this company or do you move on from them?

Not sure you can sue them, but I am not a lawyer.
This post was edited on 1/14/22 at 8:35 am
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
55089 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:30 am to
I think the people who were fired for not taking the shot would have a lawsuit.
Posted by ducktale
Member since Sep 2021
1531 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:31 am to
You can sue for anything.

You won't win, but you can try.
Posted by WhuckFistle
Member since Jul 2015
3013 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:31 am to
I ended up getting the vaccine last October. Company gave us a deadline of Jan. 4th to be vaccinated or terminated. Still pissed about it, especially now that there are people still working here that are unvaccinated.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
15859 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:31 am to
There was rumor that it was going to be forced at our company so a lot of people got it just to make life easier.

I held out and now several people wish they would have held out longer.

I am getting charged $10 per week for being not being vaxxed which I think is complete bullshite.
This post was edited on 1/14/22 at 8:33 am
Posted by GreyWhiskers
St. Tammany
Member since Nov 2018
913 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:34 am to
Not mandatory yet for my job and as long as it stays that way, I won't get the vaccine.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99448 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:40 am to
If you live in an area where a local vaccine mandate is in place, you likely won’t have any water to your case because Jacobson v. Massachusetts establishes on the state level that a vaccine mandate can be issued and it’s been challenged a ton of times in its existence.

Before moving to my new job, my school district required either a vaccine or you had to test weekly.
This post was edited on 1/14/22 at 8:41 am
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15386 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:44 am to
My employer originally stated they were going to implement a vaccine mandate, but they ended up backtracking on that. Instead, they just ended up re-implementing a mask mandate.

I figured a bunch of people must have complained and lit a fire under hr so that the company decided to compromise.

Although Ive been vaccinated almost a year, so it wouldn't have personally affected me. I hate having to wear masks again, but I guess that's better than people having to lose their jobs.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
4130 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:45 am to
If you got vaxxed under duress will you leave your current employer? Did you start looking yesterday?
Posted by Dicky
Member since Jun 2017
516 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:48 am to
Our jobs were never threatened. They just offered some pretty nice incentives for getting it, so 95% of us got the shots
Posted by Crackerj
Member since May 2018
178 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:50 am to
I had the option of getting vaccinated by Jan 1 or be terminated. I’m not happy at all about it but I’m fully vaccinated now.

The bills would still keep coming whether I decided to stand my ground or not. It is what it is.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32817 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 8:52 am to
Clients require it, my firm doesn’t. I wasn’t going to put myself or my firm in a position where I couldn’t go on-site if I was needed, so I got it.

I don’t think there is anything nefarious about the vaccine other than it being a money grab, so I don’t really have any harsh feelings about my situation.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
4130 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 9:52 am to
I wonder if any company will change direction now? My assumption is the would not and stay the course unless people start quitting in droves.

About 10 years ago I worked for a company that changed management, fired a bunch of people, change some processes and conditions and many people quit.

They ended up firing the managers who implemented the change and asked people to come back. Most told them to eat a bag of Richards, but some returned for better pay.

I did not. I had told them they were making mistakes and they thanked me for my input right before they let me go.
Posted by beerandt
Member since Jan 2020
293 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 10:01 am to
quote:

What are your thoughts, feelings and next move?

Do you stay with this company or do you move on from them?

Not sure you can sue them, but I am not a lawyer.


Despite the greenlight for the medical worker mandate, I suspect the stronger legal case is going to end up being healthcare workers fired at facilities that also allowed covid positve employees to work.

Legal cases balancing personal rights against government interests have to show different levels of justification for the infringing action.

Even if the justification that vaccinations are important enough to protect patients stood on up to legal scrutiny on its own, that requirement proves to be disingenuous, arbitrary, and probably discriminatory if they then allow actually contagious employees into the same facilities.

And keep in mind that the Supreme Court ruling was just for a preliminary injunction, so even if it's being enforced, it's not yet decided on the merits, which could still end up declaring the mandate illegal and establish grounds for victims to sue.

Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67227 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 10:18 am to
I was more or less forced out of my job because of it. I had Covid in August, and they were going to fire me if I wasn’t vaccinated by the end of October. Since I was already on the fence about quitting due to management and payment issues, I just went ahead and resigned on my own terms.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20334 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 10:26 am to
Got that vax, was given promotion, 20% raise, I don’t think twice about it.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55522 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 10:31 am to
They tried. I laughed and told them good luck getting someone else that generates as much revenue and member satisfaction that I do. Took about a day and they told me I was exempted.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119635 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 11:08 am to
This is America, so no one.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4692 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 11:34 am to
I was, but I'm federal so the SCOTUS ruling doesn't effect me.
This post was edited on 1/14/22 at 11:36 am
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
32517 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 11:58 am to
My coworker got the vax last week because our company sent a email with info about their preparation should it have passed. I was going to test weekly or get fired.
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