by Just the News Staff
The Biden administration’s announcement Thursday of a Jan. 4, 2022, deadline to employers with 100-plus workers to comply with the president’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates was immediately challenged by small business advocacy group Job Creators Network.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will lead enforcement of the mandate, according to the White House.
Employers with more than 100 workers must ensure all are either fully vaccinated or submit to weekly testing and mask wearing. Fully vaccinated means the employee has received two doses of either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot, or one dose of Johnson & Johnson’s shot, according to Fox Business.
The business advocacy group is filing a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit against the administration to block the implementation of its vaccine mandate on small businesses.
“The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate is clearly…
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