- The Biden administration has issued a new mandate that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require weekly COVID-19 tests.
- The mandate is a part of Biden’s overall bigger plan to control the spread of COVID-19, which is spiking in many areas due to the Delta variant.
- The government’s workplace safety arm, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), will be responsible for enforcing the mandate through complaints, warnings, and fines.
President Joe Biden issued a new rule on Sept. 13 that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require weekly tests.
The White House estimates the new requirement “will impact over 80 million workers in private sector businesses with 100+ employees.”
The rule is a part of Biden’s overall bigger plan to control the spread of COVID-19.
This comes as parts of the United States are enduring a summer spike in COIVID-19 cases that is worse than a year ago when no COVID-19 vaccines were available to anyone. That has some leaders calling the recent outbreaks a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
Source: healthline