On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its highly anticipated emergency temporary standards for COVID-19 (the “ETS”) along with a landing page on its website with various compliance materials, FAQs, and a pre-recorded webinar. As expected, the ETS mandates that all employers with 100 or more employees require its employees to be vaccinated or subject to COVID-19 testing and masking requirements by January 4, 2022. The ETS contains a host of other compliance obligations that employers will need to put in place by December 5, 2021, including having detailed written policies. Shortly after OSHA released the ETS, President Biden issued a Fact Sheet announcing that the December 8, 2021, COVID-19 vaccination deadline under EO 14042 has been extended to January 4, 2022, to coincide with the OSHA ETS deadline for vaccinations.
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Morrison & Foerster associate Samuel Ison contributed to the writing of this post.