President Biden Announces Private Sector and Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced as part of his six-pronged national strategy to combat COVID-19 that he has directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop and issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). It will require all private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that their workforce is fully vaccinated or will require any workers who remain unvaccinated to produce a negative test result on at least a weekly basis before reporting to work.  It is estimated that the ETS will impact over 80 million workers.  The President’s announcement also stated that the ETS will include a requirement that covered employers provide paid time off for the time required for employees to get vaccinated or to recover if they experience an adverse reaction to the vaccine. 

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