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Source: OSHA, 11/4/21 Today, OSHA announced a new Emergency Temporary Standard on Vaccination and Testing. Here are four things you need to
know:
- Employers
with at least 100 employees will be required to adopt a mandatory
vaccination policy unless they adopt a policy requiring
unvaccinated workers to undergo weekly testing and wear a face covering at
work.
- Covered
employers must provide paid time for workers to get the COVID-19
vaccine and ensure workers have paid sick leave to recover
from any side effects that prevent them from working.
- Employers
must comply with most provisions by 30 days after the date of publication
in the Federal Register, and comply with the testing
requirement by 60 days after the date of publication in the Federal
Register. Learn more about compliance dates here.
- Businesses that don’t comply may face significant OSHA fines.
Other helpful resources:
- Submit
a comment: If you have comments, feedback, or information on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS you would like the agency to consider, please submit a comment electronically at regulations.gov (Docket Number OSHA-2021-0007). You can consult OSHA’s How to Participate fact sheet to
learn more about the process. (Please
note: any information submitted only to this email address will not be
part of the record and will not be considered by the agency.)
- Learn
more:
If you have questions or are looking for more information about the ETS,
you can find fact sheets, FAQs, and compliance assistance materials
at osha.gov/vaxETS.
- Spread
the word:
Help us spread the word in your communities about our actions to keep
workers safe by using our social media toolkit.
For additional information on OSHA’s COVID-19 response visit osha.gov/coronavirus.
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