Employment Law Update: New Jersey Executive Order To Require COVID-19 Vaccination & Booster For Workers In Certain Health Care Settings And…

02 February 2022

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer

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Updated: 2.1.2022

Original Post Date: 1.26.2022

Executive Order No. 283, requires workers incertain health care settings, identified below, and employees athigh-risk congregate settings to be fully vaccinated againstCOVID-19, including a booster shot, or have their employmentterminated. Those workers will no longer be able to opt to undergoweekly testing instead of vaccination.

Health care facility covered employees, who are unvaccinated,and are subject to the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate(the CMS portion that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court) andwork in health care settings had until January 27,2022, to receive their first dose of the primary series ofa vaccine and until February 28, 2022, to submitproof that they are up-to-date with their vaccination. According tothe state, which includes "having completed their primaryseries and any booster shots for which they are eligible."Similarly, covered workers, who are not subject to theBiden Administration's vaccine mandate, and work in health caresettings identified below, or in high-risk congregate settings haveuntil February 16, 2022, to receive the first doseof the primary series of a vaccine and submit proof of vaccinationcompletion by March 30, 2022.

Importantly, Executive Order No. 283 provides thataccommodations must be provided to employees who request andreceive an exemption because of a disability, medical condition, orsincerely held religious belief. If an employee doesreceive such exemption, they must submit to weekly or twice weeklytesting in accordance with Executive Order No. 252.

Takeaway: Employers under the covered settingswill have to move quickly to comply with the executive order.

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