OSHA withdraws private employee vaccine mandate following Supreme Court ruling
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") is withdrawing a Biden administration rule that required companies with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers were vaccinated against COVID-19.
The withdrawal will be formally posted in the Federal Register tomorrow.

The removal of the private employee mandate follows a Supreme Court decision earlier this month blocking the mandate from taking effect.
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Last week, a federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration vaccine mandate impacting federal employees.
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