Still No Timeline for Implementing OSHA Vaccine Mandate Law Weeks After Announcement: White House

Epoch Times ^ | 09/29/2021 | Nick Ciolino

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday it’s not clear when a new rule from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requiring more than 80 million private sector workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine will go into effect.

President Joe Biden’s executive order, announced Sept. 9, is set to require all workers at private businesses with 100 employees or more to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show a weekly negative test. It will also require employers with more than 100 employees to provide paid time off for workers to get vaccinated or to recover if they suffer an adverse reaction post-vaccination.

Fines for companies that don’t comply with the law could total as much as $13,600, and Biden’s budget reconciliation package being considered in Congress includes a measure to increase OSHA vines by tenfold.

Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is overseeing the creation of an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to implement the new vaccine requirement. Following Biden’s announcement, officials have said the ETS is expected to be applied in the coming weeks.

Psaki reiterated on Wednesday, almost four weeks after the initial announcement, that no firm timeline has been set by the White House.

“We never gave an exact timeline,” she said. “So—maybe we should have been more specific at the time. Obviously, it takes some time and we want to make sure when we put these out they are clear and they provide the guidance necessary for businesses.”

She went on to say, “I can’t give you a timeline. OSHA is working on them. Hopefully we’ll know more in the coming weeks.”

[Luke21]

So in other words, expect it tomorrow.

[Jane Long]

That seems to be how this regime ‘plays’.

Claims to not have any idea/or, the answer....then....SMACK!! more freedoms taken away.

Joebama’s phone and pen.....steroid version.

[shaven_llama]

It’s my understanding the rule needs to at least be published before the lawsuits can start.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Doesn’t surprise me. I’m partially responsible for implementing this, and I’ve done nothing, and will do nothing until they come out with this. Then I’ll probably continue to do nothing hoping it gets tossed by SCOTUS. If Roberts signs off on it, then I’ll have to fire someone who has been 100% remote for 19 months and counting.

[MNJohnnie]

It is the US Government. The haven’t even finishing deciding what color to paint the “cross departmental interactive working groups for ETS on Vaccine mandates” remolded bathrooms yet

[Brian Griffin]

Hi! Is this OSHA?

Yes!

I’m Mr. Small Businessman. I’d like to report that my competitor Major Company, which has more than 100 employees, is endangering those employees by allowing unvaccinated customers into its stores.

We’ll deal with Major Company right away.

[TheDandyMan]

But they have released the dates by which federal workers and contractors must have received their first dose by, be vaccinated by, etc. Will everybody get fired on these dates, before the rules are actually published? No hope to apply for an accommodation in that case?

[NWFree]

I wonder if Pipi Longstocking took her fake vaccine over and again?

[max americana]

Jen Sucky sure loves to BS.

[MNJohnnie]

If Roberts signs off on it, then I’ll have to fire someone who has been 100% remote for 19 months and counting.

Damn, I better get my resume updated. Thanks for the advance notice

[Reno89519]

Never

[blackdog]

It can’t be a law. No law was ever passed. It is merely a regulation resulting from an executive order. That is not a law.

[hsmomx3]

Is there a weekly testing option in this?

[Still Thinking]

Make him into s contractor.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

California courts have already decreed that you can’t make someone a contractor if they’ve previously been doing the same job as an employee.

[Still Thinking]

Change the job title.

[chuckb87]

BINGO!

[ProfessorGoldiloxx]

Xoe Xiden can demand whatever he likes but I will NOT comply. I’ve never even worn a mask once, because I have a medical condition that prevents it (ie, my brain works and I know using cloth to block a virus is like putting up chainlink fence to block mosquitoes). The control freaks leftists aren’t done with us yet. Next from Democrats and their ilk comes spending controls (for you, not them). I read an article over at CanadaFreePress about that, “Credit cards with carbon limits and universal obedience”, so give that a look. Another importation of communist China by the left, following masks, lockdowns and mandates. You know smoke particles are larger than ANY virus and those go right through cloth. Science!

[ProfessorGoldiloxx]

It doesn’t matter when they do it. What matters is if we acknowledge it. Don’t give them more power than they have! He has no right. YOU have the power to say NO! Do it.