OSHA’s long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) will be published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021. The ETS applies to businesses with 100 or more employees, requiring them to either mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all covered employees or adopt a policy requiring covered employees to elect between vaccination and regular testing and face masks. This article highlights the major provisions of the ETS:
There are a lot of details to the ETS that are beyond the scope of this article. If you have questions about the ETS, or the federal contractor vaccine mandate, Vandeventer Black LLP’s labor and employment attorneys are available to assist your business.