Biden Orders Vaccine-Or-Test Mandate For Businesses With 100 Or More Workers
President Joe Biden said Thursday the Department of Labor will require companies with 100 or more workers to implement vaccine-or-test mandates, part of a series of sweeping new measures aimed at boosting coronavirus vaccination rates.
US President Joe Biden walks upon his return to the White House after visiting New York and New ... [+] Jersey following Hurricane ida in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
The emergency order from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will impact 80 million workers and require unvaccinated workers to be tested at least once a week.
Businesses that don’t comply with the order could face “substantial fines” up to nearly $14,000 per violation, an official told Forbes.
The official also dismissed concerns that the rule will result in litigation, telling reporters Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has “a right to do this,” and said the rulemaking will be “done in a couple weeks” and implemented shortly thereafter.
