Employers get the green light to incentivize vaccinations

(KYMA, KECY/ CNN) - Employers can now legally offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 with the approval from the government.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that employers are not prohibited from offering incentives to employees to get vaccinated for Covid-19 and there is no limit to the size of those incentives.

The agency said in its updates guidance that companies adminstering vaccines themselves can also do so "as long as the incentives are not coercive."

The EEOC already said in December that companies can legally mandate all employees re-entering the workplace and new hires be vaccinated for Covid-19.

According to the EEOC, there are two exemptions companies must allow for: a disability or religious reasons.