Court reinstates mandate-or-testing rule for large employers, OSHA sheds light on enforcement timeline

A federal appeals court has lifted the temporary stay that blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Covid-19 vaccine rule that will require large employers to mandate the vaccine or require weekly testing of unvaccinated workers. Shortly afterward, OSHA shed new light on its enforcement plans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday in a 2-1 decision lifted the stay that was initially put in place by the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 6 – just days after the rule…