From a Colorado City of ~100k sent to employees today. Just an FYI to get your takes on it and what options employees might have other than what they require.
''Given the above, effective November 9, 2021, I am requiring individuals to either be vaccinated, or be tested weekly."
"I also have to be clear that if an individual is not vaccinated and chooses to not test it will be considered as insubordination and handled accordingly."
That's a paddlin'! I mean, that's a firing. That's what the last sentence means.
It's like along with rational thought, all rules related to HIPPA have been thrown out the window as well.
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Honestly, walkouts are the best way to go on this.
My employer is having problems because they aren't putting 2 & 2 together on inflation, and it's caused a lot of havok. Nothing to do with the vaccine.
Unfortunately HIPPA doesn't apply here, it just prevents medical information from being spread to a 3rd party.
You mean like the medical info employers are asking for whether you are vaccinated or not and then sharing that with managers and supervisors so you know which staff you have to get weekly testing reports from? Aren't those people 3rd party?
No, I think those have to be an entirely separate organization. They wouldn't be considered a 3rd party.
Elaborate please.
They seem to think that the rising price of literally everything somehow isn't going to magically effect wages, and they keep having people resign, and can't attract new people, because wages are too low. They'll learn the hard way eventually.
Ah, yes. Same issue with my labor force and trying to get HR to understand. In Colorado, 20 years reviewing apps, and I've never had so few. Housing costs are nuts here and you aren't going to get someone to move here at what we currently pay for labor trades.
The pool of candidates just keeps shrinking.
Yeah, something else was brought up too. The quality of the applicants is down too. Like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.