Legal Opinion: Federal Law Prohibits Employers From Requiring a COVID-19 Vaccine

Edward Hendrie Aaron Siri is the Managing Partner of Siri & Glimstad LLP. He has published a legal opinion that “federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA.” Below is Mr. Siri’s legal opinion as published in STAT: Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines, employers, schools, and other organizations are grappling with whether to require Covid-19 vaccination. While organizations are certainly free to encourage their employees, students, and other members to be vaccinated, federal law provides…