The ADA requires employers to keep confidential any medical information they learn about any applicant or employee. Employers must give employees up to 4 hours of paid leave per COVID-19 vaccine injection.A discretionary vaccine policy may result in a more content workforce and generally avoids ADA and Title VII issues. Each employment context, of course, will differ. Employers implementing mandatory Covid-19 vaccination programs must manage, and in some cases accommodate, exemption requests. New York City's private employer COVID19 vaccine mandate is scheduled to take effect on December 27, 2021 (the "NYC Employer Mandate"). By all accounts, the availability of a vaccine for COVID19 is a matter of when, not if. As of September 1, 2022, 718 legal challenges to employerimposed vaccine mandates have been filed.