SAS and Cisco will require employees to be vaccinated to return to the office

RALEIGH -- With COVID-19 cases rising across the country because of the delta variant and low vaccination rates, some businesses are mandating their employees get vaccines to come back to the office.

Earlier this week, influential companies, from Google and Facebook to most of the hospital systems in North Carolina, began to require employees to get vaccinated rather than rely on them voluntarily doing so.

In May, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission released new guidance saying employers could legally require vaccines to re-enter offices — if they allowed alternative options for employees unable to get vaccines for medical reasons or religious objection, ABC News reported.

On Thursday, Gov. Roy Cooper filed an executive order that would make unvaccinated employees of the governor’s office or cabinet-level agencies submit to weekly COVID-19 testing if they are not fully vaccinated, The News & Observer reported. The order applies to more than 55,000 workers.

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(Raleigh News & Observer)