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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pro vaccine but I do not think it is appropriate to require a vaccination that is authorized only under emergency use. There’s a reason employers and colleges are not requiring it yet.[/quote]

As a private employer with an at will contract I can require many things that large corporations may not want to  or be able to require. I can require my nanny speak Chinese, or say I only want to hire nannies who are under 5’ tall. So I’m pretty sure I can require it.[/quote]

You CAN require it, you're just opening yourself up to potential liability that larger smarter organizations are avoiding. If something happens to your nanny as a result, and you "required" it as part of her keeping her employment, she could very well sue you. This is not a flu shot we're talking about. I know 2 people who had an anaphylactic reaction to the shot. [/quote]

Even in the extremely unlikely event she had an anaphylactic reaction, there’s very little by way of damages to sue for if she was fine afterwards and she’d be unlikely to win. Or the National vaccine compensation program would pay out, not me. Plus I do have workers comp to the person who asked (not that they’d definitely even cover this). [b]I guess my thinking was that I wouldn’t even put the requirement in writing anyway - it’s more like “we’d really like you to get a shot. If not we understand, it’s your choice - we just need to know so we can make a choice to hire someone else.”[/b] This is going to become a very common dynamic very soon. We are not outliers here. Nannies who aren’t vaccinated are going to become less employable, unfortunately. [/quote]

MB with vaccinated nanny here. This sounds very reasonable, OP.

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