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On September 9, 2021, the White House announced Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in part by imposing new obligations on employers. Most notably, employers with 100 or more employees must ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated workers to produce a negative COVID-19 test on a weekly basis.
On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard. This ETS applies to workers in healthcare settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonable expected to be present, and addresses the hazards of employee exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19. Additionally, OSHA provided updated guidance for employers and workers not subject to the COVID-19 Healthcare ETS.
On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued updated guidance related to COVID-19 vaccination policies.
