Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 11/5/21


The Labor Department requirement that large companies vaccinate or test their workers for COVID-19 is a step toward greater worker safety at slaughterhouses and other food processing plants, said labor unions on Thursday. The emergency temporary standard (ETS) sets a Jan. 4 deadline for employees to be fully vaccinated but does not apply to employees who work alone, from home, or exclusively outdoors, an exemption that could apply to some agricultural workers. 

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