The Chicago Tribune turned to labor and employment partner Greg Abrams for insight on the outlook of potential lawsuits challenging workplace vaccine mandates by employers. He explained that at least a couple of these lawsuits outside of the health care industry had been filed in federal court in other states, but no decisions have been reached in those cases.
Abrams also said he expects to see more such lawsuits. “I think as employees return to work and vaccines become more common and more expected, I would expect more employees potentially to push the envelope,” he noted.
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