The Workplace Report with Ancel Glink

Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced that employees working for private sector businesses with 100 or more employees must receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Under the "Path out of The Pandemic: President Biden's COVD-19 Action Plan" , the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) mandating covered employees to either receive a vaccination or submit to weekly testing. Under the new ETS, unvaccinated employees must produce a negative COVID-19 test at least once a week before returning to work. President Biden's new directive also calls for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to require employees of health care facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement to receive the vaccine. In addition, the federal government will also require employees of federal contractors to be fully vaccinated or comply with weekly testing and other mitigation measures. Approximately 100 million employees will ...

The following is a re-post of an article  from  The Municipal Minute , an Ancel Glink local government blog edited  by  Julie Tappendorf   ... It seems that almost as soon as we post something about new COVID-19 guidance, that guidance has changed. But, we did want to update you on a recent Executive Order issued by the Governor that extends the time-frame for the new vaccine mandates for certain Illinois workers, including healthcare workers, school personnel, and higher education personnel. In Executive Order 2021-22 , the Governor updated EO 2021-20 which had set a deadline for vaccine compliance for a first shot of September 5, 2021. The deadline for covered workers to get the first shot is now September 19, 2021. This new vaccine mandate applies to health care workers (as defined in the EO), school personnel (also defined in the EO), and higher education personnel (defined in the EO). Until these personnel are fully vaccinated, they must comply with certain...