Goldman Sachs requires employees to disclose their immunization status
The headquarters of Goldman Sachs bank in New York.
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After 14 months of teleworking, the employees of the American investment bank Godlman Sachs will return to work, but first they must provide their employer with their vaccination status.
The bank is forcing them to say whether or not they are vaccinated against Covid-19.
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The return of employees to the New York offices of the investment bank Goldman Sachs is scheduled for June 14. In this perspective, the management sent them a document to be completed and which provides information on their vaccination status. Goldman Sachs says this information "
allows it to plan for all employees to return to the office safely while continuing to adhere to local public health measures
."
Although this information will be recorded in the employee's file, the bank ensures that it will remain confidential.
Unlike in France, where only the occupational physician, bound by professional secrecy, is authorized to collect and record this type of information, in the United States the employer can require his employee to provide him with this data. medical order.
If the bank recalls that it does not impose vaccination and agrees that it is a personal choice, it nevertheless emphasizes that it strongly encourages its employees to be vaccinated.
But the bank could go further, because according to the US federal agency, which monitors compliance with laws against discrimination at work, employers can force their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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