--- title: EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Mandatory Vaccinations, ADA, and COVID-19 description: The EEOC has issued answers to FAQs regarding how to comply with ADA, mandatory vaccination programs, and other federal fair employment laws while also image: https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/blog-headers/FAQs%20eeoc%20B.jpg --- ![EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Mandatory Vaccinations, ADA, and COVID-19](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/blog-headers/FAQs%20eeoc%20B.jpg) # EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Mandatory Vaccinations, ADA, and COVID-19 - Home - [Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers](https://blog.nisbenefits.com) - EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Mandatory Vaccinations, ADA, and COVID-19 [ Steve Smith ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/author/steve-smith) 12/23/2020 [ Legislative News](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/topic/aca-other-legislative-news), [ COVID-19](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/topic/covid-19) [0 Comments ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/eeoc-updates-guidance-regarding-mandatory-vaccinations-ada-and-covid-19#postComment) 1 Minutes *2 minute read* The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued [answers to frequently asked questions](https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws) regarding how employers should comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), mandatory vaccination programs, and other federal fair employment laws while also observing emergency guidelines during the pandemic. The EEOC’s ADA guidance clarifies that employers may: - Screen applicants for COVID-19 symptoms after making conditional job offers - Require employees to stay home and provide medical notes before returning to work if they have COVID-19 or its symptoms - Ask employees if they have COVID-19 or its symptoms - Require employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations (but may need to accommodate certain refusals) Note that the ADA is applicable only to employers with 15 or more employees. [Download the ADA bulletin](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20supporting%20documents/bulletin%20-%20EEOC%20Addresses%20Mandatory%20Vaccinations%20in%20Updated%20Guidance%20on%20COVID-19%20and%20the%20ADA.pdf) for more details. The EEOC’s mandatory vaccination guidance clarifies that employers may: - Require employees to receive COVID-19 vaccination - If required, the employer may need to provide accommodations or show that an unvaccinated employee would pose a direct threat - Ask employees vaccination-related questions, but they must be job-related and consistent with business necessity - Keep confidential any medical information obtained during a vaccination program [Download the mandatory vaccination bulletin](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20supporting%20documents/bulletin%20-%20EEOC%20Issues%20FAQs%20on%20Mandatory%20Vaccinations%20for%20COVID-19.pdf) for more details. Employers should follow the most current guidelines for maintaining workplace safety as issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and any other applicable state or local health agency.   *This blog is intended to be a compilation of information and resources pulled from federal, state, and local agencies. 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