An OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued in November 2021 requires “all covered employers with one hundred (100) or more employees to implement minimum vaccination and testing requirements, vaccine verification, paid time off relating to vaccination and face-covering requirements for unvaccinated employees in the workplace.” Employers with one hundred or more employees can find Q&As related to the mandate and compliance requirements here. 

In related news, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with appellate jurisdiction over Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas granted a motion to stay enforcement of the ETS. This order is the first major action in response to the ETS. The action does not address whether or not the mandate passes constitutional muster, but rather calls the mandate both “overinclusive” and “underinclusive.” The Fifth Circuit’s stay orders OSHA to “take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order.”

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