Franklin Matters: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

We are excited to offer a wide range of programming including interactive workshops [3 options offered], follow-up networking sessions, 1-1 speed coaching, exciting guest speakers and panel events.

February is packed with programming! Mark your calendar! Be sure to visit our website 50plusjobseekers.org for additional details.

Interactive Workshop Series: Learn new Job Search Skills and Strategies

Session #2-Create your STARS: Mon, Feb 1^st: 630-830pm:
Session #3-Use your STARS: Tues Feb 9^th: 10-12N
Session #3-Use your STARS: Fri Feb 12^th: 1-3pm
Session #3-Use your STARS: Mon Feb 15^th: 630-830pm
Session #4-Creating your Resume-Part I: Tues Feb 23^rd:10-12N

G2G Networking Sessions: Session Recap-Homework-Networking-Open Forum Q&A

Networking Session #2: Tues Feb 2^nd: 10-1130am
Networking Session #3: Tues Feb 16^th10-1130am

Special Events Series: Guest Speakers and Panel Events

50+ Job Seekers Community Forum: Fri Feb 5^th: 10-11am [In Collaboration w/EOEA**]
Finding Resiliency and Resources: Thu Feb 11^th: 10-12N [In collaboration with EBN **]
Age-Friendly Employer Forum - Panel Event Wed Feb 24^th[In collaboration with EBN **]
GUEST SPEAKER-Nancy Collamer: Hot Small Business and Gig Ideas: Thu Feb 25^th::10-1130am

If you are registered with the 50+ program, you will receive a URL to join the events.

Not registered? Register at our website 50plusjobseekers.org

Thanks,

Ed Lawrence

* 50+ Program - Group Leader

* Resume-writer for the Framingham Public Library

* Principal coach - www.getstart-ed.com

50+ Jobseekers Networking Program - February Events

Monday, December 21, 2020

The Hill: "Federal agency says employers can require workers to get COVID-19 vaccine"

Via The Hill

"A key federal agency said this week that employers can legally require their workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and prevent them from entering their workplaces if they refuse.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in guidance issued Wednesday said that requiring a test would not violate the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. The law bars employers from requiring medical exams such as blood tests that seek information on an employee’s physical or mental condition, but the EEOC said a COVID-19 vaccine does not fall under that category.

“If a vaccine is administered to an employee by an employer for protection against contracting COVID-19, the employer is not seeking information about an individual’s impairments or current health status and, therefore, it is not a medical examination,” the commission said."

Continue reading the article online

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/530963-federal-agency-says-employers-can-require-workers-to-get-covid-19-vaccine

The EEOC page with COVID-19 highlights in a Q&A format

https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws