2025 Recent Developments in Vaccine Law—What Employers Need to Know

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Thursday, April 3, 10:00 a.m.–Noon ET

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Tuesday, August 5, 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET

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Why Attend?

  • Learn about the most recent legal developments impacting workplace vaccination mandates, including new state legislation, federal regulatory actions, and court decisions.
  • Navigate practical issues surrounding vaccine policies in the workplace—particularly as employers balance safety, employee rights, and evolving public health guidelines.
  • Discover best practices for drafting or updating your clients’ vaccination policies, accommodating exemptions, and minimizing litigation risks.

This course provides the latest updates on vaccine law, from Brian Dean Abramson, Adjunct Professor of Vaccine Law at the Florida International University College of Law and the University of Houston Law Center, member of the Board of Directors of the National Vaccine Law Association, and author of the first legal treatise comprehensively addressing all major aspects of the law governing vaccines.

New developments in vaccine law continue to evolve at an historic pace, with the past several years seeing the first United States Supreme Court opinions addressing vaccination mandates in nearly a century. U.S. Court of Appeals decisions around the country have shaped other areas, including increasing state efforts to limit or otherwise configure private employer vaccination mandates, and courts have increasingly awarded damages against employers sued for imposing faulty vaccination mandates. Considering this legal environment, this course is designed to guide counsel through the surprising array of legal issues that can arise within the context of vaccination in the context of employer/employee relationships, from responses to vaccination mandates to legal compensation for vaccine-related injuries.

Vaccination has been ubiquitous in our society for decades. Many of our most important areas of law—education, labor, privacy, tort—have special exceptions carved out for the purpose of promoting or even mandating vaccination of the population. Legal issues have arisen out of many of these policies. Private sector employees, particularly in the healthcare industry, face vaccination mandates both from their employers and as directed by federal and state actions, and these employees may wish to know what their rights are with respect to such rules. In particular, employers, agencies, and potential vaccine recipients need to be aware of the outcomes of cases challenging new statutory and regulatory regimes invoked by the emergency measures with respect to COVID-19 vaccination. In addition to in-depth coverage of employer mandates, this course covers the legal framework for alternative efforts such as encouragement, incentivization, and facilitation of employee vaccination.

Topics covered include:

  • Employer vaccination mandates, exemptions, and accommodations
  • Legal fallout of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding OSHA and CMS mandates
  • Court rulings on state efforts to limit or otherwise shape employer vaccination mandates
  • Encouragement, incentivization, and facilitation of voluntary vaccination
  • Post-vaccination requirements
  • Communication of vaccination policy

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