Massachusetts Employment Law Blog

By: Matthew Mitchell & Amanda Thibodeau

On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published two guidelines intended to assist employers and employees transition to “post-COVID” work environments:

• The Technical Assistance provides instruction that applies the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) to employer policies that either mandate or incentivize employee vaccinations.
• An Employee Resource provides a basic overview of federal anti-discrimination laws that apply to employees in need of leave or job modification due to COVID-19 illness.

The EEOC’s new COVID-19 guidelines highlight complexities that are attendant to the management of worksites and employees, that employers are now facing. An overview of these new guidelines can be found in our COVID-19 Alert.