The U.S. Department of Labor announced today it is withdrawing the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine-or-test mandate for large businesses. In pulling the rule, the department said it recognized the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) could not be revived after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked it earlier this month. Instead, the Biden administration is working to set […]
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The Supreme Court’s Decision on COVID Vaccine Mandates, What it Means for You
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday issued a highly-anticipated decision on two of the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandates. There is good news and bad news that came out of the Court’s decision. The good news is the Court rejected the Biden administration’s mandate requiring employees of large businesses to be vaccinated against COVID or undergo weekly testing […]
Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Vaccine Mandates, Level of Disinformation Absolutely Astonishing
The Supreme Court of the United States today heard oral arguments pertaining to two of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandates. The focus of the hearing was whether to stay or to grant temporary injunctions requested by plaintiffs in a number of lawsuits challenging the emergency mandates for millions of Americans. The two cases pertain to the […]
OSHA Suspends Implementation and Enforcement of Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it will abide by a court order issued by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and suspend enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate on businesses with more than 100 employees. In a statement shared on OSHA’s website, the agency said, “The court ordered that OSHA ‘take no steps to […]
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Block on Vaccine Mandate for Employers, Slams Biden Administration for Using OSHA as a ‘Work-Around’ to Force Vaccines
A federal appeals court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing by Jan. 4, stating the rule “grossly exceeds” the authority of the occupational safety agency that issued it. In a 22-page opinion issued on Friday, a three-judge […]
Federal Appeals Court Halts Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
A federal appeals court on Saturday issued a stay temporarily halting the Biden administration’s private employer COVID vaccine mandate citing, “grave statutory and 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,” […]
OSHA Issues COVID Vaccine Mandate Forcing 84 Million Workers to Comply by Jan. 4 Deadline, States Vow to Sue
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency temporary standard for large employers, with limited exception, who are required to develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID vaccination policy by Jan. 4 or face large fines up to $136,532 for a willful violation.