WH Withdraws OSHA Mandate Due To SCOTUS Ruling

USA Today reports:

The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its requirement that most workers be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 – the controversial rule the Supreme Court blocked from enforcement earlier this month. The administration will also be asking the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the case.

But the federal agency that regulates workplace safety said Tuesday it is still considering whether the vaccinate-or-test rule should be imposed on a non-emergency basis, which could have a better chance of surviving another legal challenge, if it is more narrowly targeted.

OSHA said that although it is withdrawing the vaccination and testing rule as “an enforceable emergency temporary standard,” it is not fully nixing the proposal.

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OSHA said it decided to withdraw the vaccine-or-test rule following the Supreme Court’s decision blocking it, but added:

“OSHA continues to strongly encourage the vaccination of workers against the continuing dangers posed by COVID-19 in the workplace.”https://t.co/i4eEqXC3KN

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