VACCINATION MANDATE
“I recommend posting your Covid guidelines on your website and social media, as well as posting signage outside your restaurant. I would also explain you are doing everything in your power to keep patrons and employees safe”
– to be fully vaccinated or be placed on unpaid leave. That same month, six employees – including pilots, flight attendants and technicians – filed a suit to try to block the policy. In the filing, US District Judge Mark Pittman wrote: “It is not for the Court to decide if United’s vaccine mandate is bad policy. Rather, it is the Court’s role to determine if plaintiffs carried their burden to obtain a preliminary injunction.” The approximately 2,000 employees
who obtained religious or medical exemptions for the vaccine can still apply for non-customer facing roles, but if they do not apply for those, they will be placed on leave. Company executives have said in published news reports that more than 96% of its 67,000 workers are vaccinated. United Airlines is not the only
company to require vaccination of its workers pre-emptively ahead of the January 4 federal mandate. Executives from burger giant McDonald’s have said publicly that they are already working toward compliance with that mandate, although some state officials say they
plan to challenge the new federal mandate. Major restaurant groups are also taking charge, requiring both staff and diners to be vaccinated. José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup based in Washington, DC and Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group in New York City are chief among this band.
Several cities and municipalities had already begun requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining. These include New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Berkeley, and New Orleans and all of California and Hawaii. In Los Angeles, to counter problems
with restaurant vaccine mandates, one council member proposed that
enforcement be shifted to the Los Angeles Police Department to protect restaurants. Restaurants that fail to comply with the vaccine requirement receive a warning for a first offense, a $1,000 fine for a second infraction, and up to $5,000 for repeat offenders. The same council member suggested developing a fund to compensate businesses and pay for necessary training, according to published new reports. Another council member suggested clearly exempting outdoor dining areas from the mandate. According to the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, 29% of restaurants in San Francisco have had repeated run-ins with customers over the city’s vaccine mandate.
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