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Rule2021-23643

COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard

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Published
November 5, 2021
Effective
November 5, 2021

Issuing agencies

Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration

Abstract

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers (100 or more employees) from the risk of contracting COVID-19 by strongly encouraging vaccination. Covered employers must develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an exception for employers that instead adopt a policy requiring employees to either get vaccinated or elect to undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination.

Indexed from Federal Register on November 5, 2021.

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