Effective January 26, 2022, OSHA withdrew its enforcement of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which would have required many employers to mandate vaccination or regular testing for employees. As we have previously discussed, the ETS had undergone a number of legal challenges. Most recently the United States Supreme Court stayed the ETS and
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Supreme Court Stays Implementation of OSHA ETS
By Jon Schaefer & Megan Baroni on
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As we have previously reported, the implementation status of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding COVID-19 vaccination or testing seems to change weekly. Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court reinstated the stay of OSHA’s ETS, ultimately sending the rule back to the Sixth Circuit to await a full review on the merits.
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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Two Federal Vaccine Mandates
By Jon Schaefer & Megan Baroni on
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On December 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court took its first step into the fray over federal vaccine mandates. As we have previously posted, legal challenges to the Biden administration’s various vaccine mandates have been working their way through the courts since November. Most recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth…
OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
By Jon Schaefer on
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On Friday, November 5, 2021, OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) was issued (with most of the requirements to go into effect on December 5) and, almost immediately, it faced a number of legal challenges in various courts. The first court to make a ruling was the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…