Vaccine mandate on large businesses stayed by fed court

Posted on November 17, 2021

A federal COVID-19 mandate for employees of large businesses set to go into effect on Jan. 4 has been stayed by a federal circuit court after numerous states sued the federal government.

In early September, President Joe Biden announced a series of executive orders which, in part, ordered private employers with 100 or more employees to institute mandatory vaccinations or weekly COVID testing, a move that is expected to impact more than 80 million workers in the country.

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