The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) announced Wednesday it will hear oral arguments regarding the legality of enforcement of the Biden administration’s federal COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large employers and health care facilities. The federal CMS mandate applies...
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Court Reinstates Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling from last month blocking the implementation of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate for large employers, reinstating the mandate. On Dec. 17, 2021, a three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Separate Courts Block Healthcare Vax Mandate a Day Apart, Affecting Millions
On Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schlep for the Eastern District of Missouri blocked the federal COVID-19 mandate for healthcare workers, enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) from enforcing its new rule requiring vaccinations for...
Judge Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Nationwide
A federal judge has issued a nationwide ban on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. On Dec. 7, 2021, United States District Judge R. Stan Baker of the Southern District of Georgia granted a preliminary injunction...
Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Contractors in Ohio
A federal judge has blocked President Biden’s mandate requiring federal contractors and subcontractors in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee to get COVID-19 vaccines. On Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of...
White House Extends Deadline for Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
On Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, the White House announced that the deadline for federal contractors and subcontractors to become fully vaccinated has been extended until Jan. 4, 2022. Federal contractors will have an additional four weeks to comply with the requirements,...
Appeals Court Reaffirms Hold on President’s Vaccine Mandate
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld its decision to put a hold on President Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate Friday, calling it “staggeringly overbroad.” The court affirmed its ruling despite the White House’s position that the hold “would endanger many...
Government Responds to 5th Circuit Court Block of Vaccine Mandate
On Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, the Biden administration filed its response to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block OSHA’s much anticipated COVID vaccine rule for private sector employers. In its short, two-page order, the 5th Circuit Court of...
Federal Court of Appeals Temporarily Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
[UPDATE: On Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, the Biden administration filed its response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block OSHA’s much anticipated COVID vaccine rule for private sector employers.] A federal appeals court has put a temporary halt on the Biden...
OSHA Releases Emergency Temporary Standard for Vaccine and Testing Mandate
[UPDATE: 11/6/2021 - A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees] OSHA released its 490-page Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) governing employers with 100 or more employees...