COVID vaccinations and the workplace FAQ

In the virtual session for students, President Fuller emphasized that the details of the vaccination requirement plan would be further refined through engagement with many campus stakeholders, including WOU’s Reopening Committee, Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, the Associated Students of Western Oregon University (ASWOU), and the university’s two unions: SEIU and the Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers (WOUFT). Because WOU is one of Oregon’s most ethnically diverse university campuses, President Fuller also pledged to engage the campus’s University Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee (UDIAC) for advice and suggestions as the plan is finalized. As more details will emerge with the WOU plan, Human Resources will update our employees regarding these decisions as soon as as they become available.

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Q: How do I get a vaccination exemption?
A: Information regarding how to request an exemption will be provided once the scope and dimension of the WOU vaccination requirement has been detemined.

Q: What does Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) have to say about this topic?
A: https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/Pages/covid-vaccine.aspx

Q: What does the EEOC say about vaccinations?
A: https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws  After recent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), “[the EEOC] makes it clear that employers may require workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine—with limited exceptions.  This is also true under Oregon law.”