After the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals over the weekend said it would continue to temporarily block a Biden administration mandate requiring all private businesses with 100 or more workers to require COVID-19 vaccines or weekly testing, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he believes such a rule would “be a setback.” “I think it would…
Surgeon General: Court Ruling Against Vaccine Mandate ‘Would Be a Setback for Public Health’
Biden Administration Pushes Court to Lift Block on OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
COVID-19 presents a “grave danger” to businesses because the illness spreads in workplaces and people who haven’t gotten a vaccine continue to be hospitalized and die, the U.S. government told a court late Monday in trying to get a stay against its private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate lifted. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and…
Florida to Dump OSHA for New State Regulating Authority
November 8, 2021
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Florida’s House Speaker Chris Sprowls said if Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is going to be “weaponized” against Floridians then the state will form its own regulatory agency. Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference early Nov. 8 announcing the upcoming emergency legislative session, beginning Nov. 15, would be introducing legislation to “protect Florida…
Truckers Warn ‘Disastrous’ OSHA Mandate Will Worsen Supply Chain Chaos
Trucking industry groups issued warnings after President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled a COVID-19 vaccine rule targeting private businesses with 100 or more workers, saying the mandate would damage the industry. “As we made clear in our comments to the administration prior to the rule’s publication, drivers spend the vast majority of their workday alone in…
Federal Court Blocks Biden Administration’s Private Business COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
November 6, 2021
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A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked the Biden administration’s private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate, asserting there may be constitutional issues with the requirement. “Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate, the mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court,” a panel of…
OSHA May Remove Testing Opt-Out From Private Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses could be adjusted to remove the testing opt-out, according to the agency that crafted the requirement. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled the emergency temporary standard this week. It mandates employers with 100 or more workers to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination….
OSHA Could Remove Testing Opt-Out From Private Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses could be adjusted to remove the testing opt-out, according to the agency that crafted the requirement. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled the emergency temporary standard this week. It mandates employers with 100 or more workers to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination….
Labor Secretary Insists OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Rule Is Not a Mandate
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, during a media blitz on Thursday, said that the new Biden administration rule that requires private employees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or get tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis is not a mandate. “This isn’t a mandate—this is a vaccine or testing,” Walsh, a former mayor of Boston,…
OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Rule May be Expanded to Small Businesses: Labor Department
The Biden administration’s emergency COVID-19 vaccination requirement released today could be expanded in the future to employers who have fewer than 100 workers. The emergency temporary standard, issued by the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and scheduled to go into effect on Friday, is presented as only applying to firms that have 100…
17 Million Health Care Workers Must Be Vaccinated by Jan. 4 Under Biden’s COVID-19 Mandate: CMS
The Centers for Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday issued a rule saying that most health care workers in the United States will have to be considered “fully vaccinated” with a COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 4. The rule was handed down for all staff who are employed at Medicaid- or Medicare-funded hospitals or facilities. Unlike the…
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