More Clarity for Healthcare Employers in the Final Stages of the Pandemic?

In a bylined article published in Medical Journal-Houston, Kevin Troutman, partner and co-chair of Fisher Phillips’ Healthcare Industry Group discusses the current environment facing healthcare and other employers who are working through what they hope will be the final stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. As more employers announce vaccine requirements, a federal court in Houston resoundingly rejected a legal challenge to the vaccine requirement. But questions and challenges remain, including strong pockets of resistance to vaccines, even among healthcare workers, Kevin says. Despite winning that legal challenge, Houston Methodist “faced legal challenges, demonstrations, and other distractions.” “Employers who are considering joining the list of systems that will be requiring employees to get vaccinated will have to weigh all of these factors before making a final decision.”

To read the article visit Medical Journal-Houston.