Several states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Ohio, intend to sue the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for medium and large companies, which requires workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly tests and wear facemasks.
The Department of Labor announced on Thursday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will issue an emergency temporary standard from Friday, mandating businesses with 100 employees or more to develop a vaccination and testing policy within 30 days. Businesses will not have to provide the testing but employees must get tested.
If companies fail to enforce the policy before January 4, they will face a fine of up to $14,000 per violation.
The administration said more than 80 million Americans will be impacted by the new rule.
Hours before the White House set a January 4 deadline, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida State Attorney General Ashley Moody announced in a press conference that they intended to bring an injunction against the federal government.
"We started with 15 days to slow the spread and now it's get jabbed or lose your job," DeSantis said.
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