HR DIVE May 23, 2022
Employers “may not have done the most careful job” of collecting and storing COVID-19-related health information, one attorney told HR Dive.
From asking about potential symptoms to vaccination status, the share of employers collecting health information from their workforces has grown. The trend is drawing concerns from some management-side attorneys amid the reopening of physical workspaces.
A March survey by Littler Mendelson of 1,275 employer representatives found that 74% of respondents were either currently tracking or planning to track workers’ vaccination status. Even among respondents who did not have a vaccination policy in place, 54% said their organizations were tracking vaccination status.
But given intermingling local, state and federal requirements on health information privacy, it is important for employers to...
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