PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Employer vaccine mandates are popping up more and more daily. Arizona's Family spoke to many Phoenix-area employment attorneys who have plenty of clients facing this predicament. Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson all have vaccines protecting you from getting a severe case of COVID-19. Some employers are forcing workers to get them if they want to continue working there.
More businesses are implementing vaccine mandates.
One of those workers, who wants to remain anonymous, has worked for his company for over 30 years. He chooses not to get the vaccine due to various reasons. "I've been granted a religious accommodation and I have a medical accommodation pending for the antibodies and I'm waiting for them to respond to that. Currently, they've sent me home," he said.
He'll be home until the company says the threat of COVID-19 is no longer high. "I couldn't believe that they would force somebody to do something like that," he said.
For now, that employee remains with his company. But if you're fired for refusing to comply with the mandate, a local attorney says you can't get unemployment benefits. "Generally, unemployment compensation is available for employees who have found themselves unemployed through no fault of their own. So, it was not their decision," said Labor and Employment Attorney Alejandro Perez.
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