About those vaccination cards

INC. THIS MORNING About those vaccination cards Good morning, As more Americans get vaccinated against Covid-19, you may be wondering: When can I safely return to work? Or freely cater to customers in person?  One way to ease this return is to require that both your customers and employees get vaccinated. But tread lightly, as requiring a vaccine--or even proof of one--can be a minefield for businesses. In most cases, you can require employees get vaccinated, as it's your responsibility to provide a safe workplace. You'll need to make accommodations for employees who don't get a vaccine due to a particular disability or sincerely-held religious objection, per the Americans With Disabilities Act, a law aimed at protecting vulnerable Americans from discrimination and unfair or uneven treatment from businesses and other institutions. The question becomes murkier when it comes to customers. In most states, there's legally nothing stopping you from requesting to see a customer's vaccine card, Carrie Hoffman, a partner and employment lawyer at the Dallas-based law firm Foley & Lardner, tells Inc. In Florida, a recent executive order banned state and local government agencies and businesses from requiring so-called vaccine passports, or documentation proving that an individual has been vaccinated against Covid-19.  Everywhere else, checking customers' vaccine cards is up to the employer's discretion--but verifying the information on them is easier said than done. Read our story to learn the challenges you’ll face when requiring proof of vaccines, and how to overcome them. More coverage on the challenges of returning to work: The CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Gather Indoors in Small Groups. Here's What It Means for Your Business As Pandemic Fatigue Sets In at Work, Employers Try to Help Should You Double Mask in the Workplace? Cash, Comps, and Time Off: How Small Businesses Are Encouraging Covid Vaccinations HERE'S WHAT ELSE I'M READING TODAY: Want to find the best job candidates? Stop requiring any amount of “experience.” --Inc. Square co-founder Jim McKelvey: Here’s how to encourage your team to take bold steps. --Inc. Drama in the aviation industry: Electric aircraft startup Wisk is suing fellow startup Archer Aviation, alleging “brazen theft” of trade secrets. --The New York Times Topps, founded in 1938, is going public in a SPAC deal that values the baseball card company at $1.3 billion. --CNN Here's what you need to know about Google's latest Nest Hub​​​​​​​. --Inc. ONE MORE THING: There are four modes of thinking: preacher, prosecutor, politician, and scientist. You probably don’t use one of them nearly enough. --Inc.   --Cameron Albert-Deitch Reporter, Inc. How are we doing? Send me ideas and feedback at calbertdeitch@inc.com, and sign up for daily text messages from me. Become an Inc. Unlimited subscriber. Click here to forward to a friend. This email was sent by: Mansueto Ventures 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor New York, NY, 10007, Unsubscribe • Update Profile • View in Browser • Privacy Policy