On Nov. 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a federal emergency temporary standard (ETS) to require affected employers to mandate employee vaccines or weekly testing. Click the following link to read our bulletin for more details on the OSHA ETS.
On Nov. 12, 2021, a U.S. federal appeals court affirmed its stay of the ETS requiring OSHA to “take no steps to implement or enforce” the ETS. OSHA has since announced that it “has suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending future developments in the litigation.” OSHA is believed to be weighing its options to continue to fight for the ETS.