On November 5, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register its emergency temporary standard (ETS) that will require private sector employers with 100 or more workers to ensure that employees are vaccinated against COVID-19. If employers do not want to dismiss employees who are not vaccinated, they have the option to allow those unvaccinated employees to submit a weekly negative COVID test and follow masking requirements when working indoors. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a fact sheet about the Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 Vaccinations, and OSHA also has information about the ETS and implementation.

Note that the ETS preempts state laws that provide a weaker level of protection, such as those that ban employers from requiring masks or vaccinations.

UPDATE: The US District Court 5th Circuit has temporarily halted the mandate.

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