On August 19, 2021, just two weeks after announcing that all Oregon health care workers must either be fully vaccinated or test weekly for COVID-19, which we blogged about here, Governor Brown announced that vaccinations will be mandatory for health care workers starting October 18, 2021, assuming the vaccines have full FDA approval by
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Oregon Health Care Employees Must Provide Proof of COVID Vaccination or Test Weekly
By Brenda Baumgart & Caroline Sundbaum on
The latest COVID-19 surge driven by the Delta variant has caused many employers — not the least of which are health care employers — to revisit mandatory vaccine requirements for employees. While many health care systems around the country already have mandated that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, a…