Potential $50 Paycheck Penalty For Being Unvaccinated

August 13, 2021

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Kathy Conklin, Labor and Employment Member in our New Orleans office, appeared in a segment from NTD-TV regarding employers’ options to impose penalties on unvaccinated employees on August 11, 2021. Kathy discussed imposing surcharges on healthcare coverage premiums.

“While it is a possibility to impose a surcharge, it has to be reasonable, to fail to be vaccinated.” But she says a surcharge probably won’t work, because companies also have to offer an alternative, such as working remotely or wearing a mask. “It is very likely that employers are not going to greatly increase their vaccination rates by imposing these sorts of disincentives for refusing vaccination.”

Click here to view the full story. Kathy’s interview begins at 1:34.

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