Four Employment Partners Explain the Business Impact of the CDC’s New Face Mask Guidance

On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprised us all when it announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting.

Don’t throw out those masks yet—there’s a catch. Everyone must continue to wear face masks where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance. Now, many businesses are asking questions like:

- Should we allow fully vaccinated people to go maskless at work?
- How do we create and enforce work rules that allow some to go maskless?
- Can we demand proof of vaccination? Or are there confidentiality considerations?
- How can we accommodate employees with anxiety (and other mental health issues) about unmasked coworkers?
- What are the risks of having different rules for different groups?

Employers, HR folks, we feel you. So we’ve assembled a group of employment lawyers to provide you with answers. In this video, FisherBroyles, LLP partners Gordon Berger, Amy Epstein Gluck, Eric Meyer, and David Renner do a deep dive into the CDC’s new case mask guidance.

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0:00 Introduction
3:39 Disclaimer
5:17 New CDC Face Mask Guidance
6:57 Time for mandatory vaccinations?
11:20 Vaccinated employees going mask-less at work
13:42 State rules for masking
14:57 Can employers demand proof of vaccination?
16:17 HIPAA rules
19:36 Active Enforcement v. Honor System
27:35 Mental Health, ADA, and Title VII Considerations
33:44 OSHA on face masks
34:45 Facemasks for customer-facing positions
40:15 Vaccine Incentives
43:22 Union issues, landlords, common spaces
46:00 Q&A
53:48 Wrap Up

Connect with my guests on LinkedIn:
Connect with Gordon https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonmberger/
Connect with Amy https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyepsteingluck/
Connect with Dave https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-e-renner/

Law Firm Profiles:
- Amy Epstein Gluck: https://www.fisherbroyles.com/people/amy-epstein-gluck
- Gordon Berger: https://www.fisherbroyles.com/people/gordon-m-berger
- David Renner: https://www.fisherbroyles.com/people/david-renner

And here's my information:
Blog: https://www.theemployerhandbook.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEmployerHandbook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eric_B_Meyer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emeyer/
Bio: https://www.fisherbroyles.com/people/eric-meyer

LIVE CHAT DISCLAIMER: We try to answer questions without saying "it depends," which we all know is impossible since Amy, Dave, Gordon, and I are lawyers. Also, we're not creating attorney-client privilege between us. And we're not providing specific advice, legal or otherwise. (Our clients pay for actual legal advice.)

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