To clarify reemployment assistance benefit eligibility for claimants discharged due to failure to comply with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Specifically, the rule provides that failure to comply with a private employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate does not disqualify claimants from Reemployment Assistance benefits if the private employer did not properly apply the exemption requirements set forth in section 381.00317(1), F.S. The rule further establishes that private employers’ have the burden to demonstrate proper application of COVID-19 mandate exemptions and claimants are responsible for providing documentation of a qualified exemption. The rule also provides that claimants discharged from governmental entities and educational institutions for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate are not disqualified from Reemployment Assistance benefits.