{"id":3918,"date":"2022-01-14T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:16:26","slug":"supreme-court-strikes-down-vax-or-test-mandate-for-large-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=3918","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Strikes Down Vax-or-Test Mandate for Large Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/21a244_hgci.pdf\"><em>Supreme Court<\/em><\/a>\u00a0temporarily blocked the mandate for employers with 100 or more workers requiring them to <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3921  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"136\" \/>mandate and verify that all employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or test unvaccinated employees weekly for COVID-19 and ensure those employees wear masks in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court did, however, vote 5-4 to retain the mandate for health care workers. And while the 6-3 vote striking down the vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers temporarily blocks enforcement of the mandate, litigation over its legality continues in lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>The original mandate, an emergency temporary standard, made by the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety Health Administration, originally went into effect in early November. Two days later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay order, effectively halting implementation of the ETS. Subsequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Firth Circuit\u2019s order; the Supreme Court was then petitioned regarding another stay of the ETS.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;] The\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0temporarily blocked the mandate for employers with 100 or more workers requiring them to mandate and verify that all employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 or test unvaccinated employees weekly for COVID-19 and ensure those employees wear masks in the workplace. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}