The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced it is withdrawing the enforceable COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS).
The ETS was issued on November. 5, 2021, to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers with 100 or more employees from workplace exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
This OSHA action becomes effective in the Federal Register on January 26, 2022.
Enforceable Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Withdrawn
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