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Omicron Surge Gives Bosses Reason to Order Shots Biden Can’t
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January 14, 2022
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0:49Now PlayingThe U.S. Supreme Court may have rejected a federal rule mandating Covid-19 vaccinations or testing, but businesses threatened by omicron’s spread might be forced to implement one anyway to protect the workers they have and keep factories open.
While many companies have already imposed their own vaccine requirements, about 1 in 3 employers planned to do so only if the Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule took effect. Those companies now face a decision, one that might be forced upon them by surging Covid-19 infection rates that have sent absenteeism soaring at plants, hospitals and other workplaces.
“With this new variant, employers who were on the fence before about doing a mandate will have to look at whether testing or vaccination will be necessary just to continue operating,” said Rachel Conn, an employment and OSHA partner at law firm Nixon Peabody LLP. “It may be about just keeping the facility open at this point.”
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