• Avoiding ADA Compliance Pitfalls in a COVID-19 World (CUPA-HR Webinar)
• Tips for Addressing ADA Claims as Employees Return to Work (CUPA-HR’s The Higher Ed Workplace blog)
• What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (EEOC)

See CUPA-HR’s ADA Toolkit for additional resources.

• CDC Guidance for When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated
• CDC Guidance for Colleges, Universities and Higher Learning
• Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education
• CDC Toolkit for Colleges & Universities
• CDC Toolkit for Businesses & Workplaces
• CDC Issues Guidance for Higher Ed in Anticipation of an In-Person Fall Semester (CUPA-HR Washington Insider Alert)

• ED COVID-19 HANDBOOK: Strategies for Safe Operation and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Staff (6/8/21)

• What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (EEOC)
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Antidiscrimination Laws (EEOC Webinar)
• EEOC Releases Q-and-A Guidance Section on COVID-19 Vaccinations (CUPA-HR Washington Insider Alert)

• Essential Protections During the COVID-19 Pandemic (DOL)
• COVID-19 and the Fair Labor Standards Act Questions and Answers (DOL)

See CUPA-HR’s FLSA toolkit for additional resources.

• COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act: Questions and Answers (DOL)
• Optional FFCRA Extension Guidance (DOL)

See CUPA-HR’s FMLA toolkit for additional resources

• ICE announces extension, new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility (ICE)
• I-9 Guidance – Flexibility During COVID-19 Outbreak (ICE)
• CUPA-HR’s I-9 Reciprocal Processing Consortium

See CUPA-HR’s Form I-9/E-Verify toolkit for additional resources

• OSHA Issues Emergency Standard for Healthcare, Updates General Industry Guidance (CUPA-HR Washington Insider Alert)
• COVID-19 Regulations and Standards
• COVID-19: Keeping Campuses OSHA Compliant and Safe (CUPA-HR Webinar)

See CUPA-HR’s OSHA Toolkit for additional resources.

• Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for All Federal Employees and Certain Federal Contractors (CUPA-HR Washington Insider Alert)
• Vaccine Confidence Building the Case on Campuses With and Without COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements (ACHA)
• Indiana University's Vaccine Requirement Should Stand, Federal Judge Rules (NPR)
• COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge (6/7/21) - An initiative of the White House and Department of Education
• EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Vaccinations and Other Pandemic-Related Issues (CUPA-HR Washington Insider Alert)
• Creating COVID-19 Vaccination Plans - Key Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education (ACHA)
• ACHA Recommends COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Fall 2021
• EEOC Releases Q-and-A Guidance Section on COVID-19 Vaccinations
• CUPA-HR Snap Poll Results: COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Incentives (April 2021)
• COVID-19 Vaccines for Faculty and Staff: What Higher Ed Employers Need to Know (CUPA-HR Webinar)

Resources

• CDC Communication Resources for COVID-19 Vaccines
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
• [Template] Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy*
• [Template] Non-Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy*

*Policy templates courtesy of Monica Cruz, Director of HR at St. Thomas University

Examples from Higher Ed Institutions

• Vaccine and Distribution Information (University of Oregon)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Faculty and Staff (Columbia University)
• Requiring faculty, staff, and trainees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (Yale University)