The Biden administration is pushing back the Dec. 8 deadline for federal contractors to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated. All three mandates will go into effect on Jan. 4.
, sued the Biden administration last month over the vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing the requirement was an unlawful overreach. And 24 state attorneys general and various business groups have warned the administration that it would face legal challenges if it moved forward with the vaccine-or-test rules for private employers.
“I really think that's where it's finally going to come to the nub in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. That's the only way this is getting settled,” he added. But Biden brushed off those concerns Thursday, arguing that vaccination requirements are popular and also good for the economy. “One of the biggest struggles of the last two years is that we are dealing with an ever-changing patchwork of health and safety regulations that, in many cases, have differed not just state to state, but county by county,” Richelle Luther, chief human resources officer at Columbia Sportswear Company, told lawmakers during a hearing in October.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is the federal agency that polices employment discrimination, has given employers the greenlight to mandate Covid-19 vaccination in their workplace, so long as they provide accommodations for workers who say they can’t get the shot because of their religious beliefs or a disability.
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