Carol Alvarado voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Prohibits Private Employers from Requiring the COVID-19 Vaccine
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from requiring employee's receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Prohibits employers from implementing vaccine mandates or requiring employee's receive the COVID-19 vaccine in order to continue to work in the workplace (Sec. 1).
Exempts health care facilities and providers from the aforementined vaccine provisions (Sec. 1).
Defines “employer” as an individual other than a government entity, who employes one or more employees (Sec. 1).
Prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against an employee, contractor, applicant for employment, or applicant for a contract position who refuses to take a COVID-19 vaccine (Sec. 1).
Defines “adverse action” as any action taken by an employer that a reasonable individual would consider was for the purpose of punishing, alienating, or otherwise adversely affecting an employee, contractor, applicant for employment, or applicant for a contract position (Sec. 1).
Authorizes health care facilities and providers to enforce reasonable policies for individual not vaccinated against COVID-19 including requiring protective medical equipment based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients (Sec. 1).
Authorizes employees, contractors, applicants for employments, or applicants for contract work to file a complaint with the commission against an employer whom they believe took an adverse action in violation of this bill, and requires the complaint include the following (Sec. 1):
The name of the complaint;
The name of the employer; and
The nature and description of any alleged adverse action took.
Defines “commission” for the purposes of this bill as the Texas Workforce Commission (Sec. 1).
Title: Prohibits Private Employers from Requiring the COVID-19 Vaccine