On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a six-pronged
plan to combat COVID-19 and to save more lives, while keeping
schools open, and ensuring the economy is protected from continued
lockdowns. In the first prong of President Biden's plan,
“Vaccinating the Unvaccinated,” the focus is on
reducing the number of unvaccinated Americans by using the
government's regulatory powers and other actions to increase
the number of Americans who would be covered by a mandatory
vaccination requirement. To reach the greatest number of Americans,
President Biden directed his mandatory vaccination requirements at
the workplace.
More specifically, President Biden first directed the Department
of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) to develop a rule that will (1) require all employers with
100 or more employees to ensure their employees are fully
vaccinated, or (2) require all non-vaccinated employees to produce
a negative test result on a weekly basis
