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The President’s Administration Biden announced Thursday that its Covid vaccines – 19 that apply to private companies with 100 or more employees, certain healthcare workers and federal contractors will go into effect on January 4 .
The rules stipulate that employees belonging to these groups must have received the Covid vaccines – 19 required to be fully vaccinated, either two doses of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, before January 4. In case they are not or do not wish to be vaccinated, they must undergo Covid tests – 19 weekly.
Biden promoted the new requirements rules of vaccines in a statement , calling on employers to act in the future.
“Vaccination is the best way out of this pandemic. And while I would have preferred the requirements were not necessary, there are too many unvaccinated for us to get out of this pandemic forever. So I instituted requirements, and they are working, “Biden said.
In order to placate arguments against vaccination, Biden noted that” there has There have been ‘mass layoffs’ or worker shortages due to vaccine requirements.
This is the most significant measure applied so far in the workplace against the pandemic by the Government , since it can affect up to
Although Biden already announced his intention to adopt the measure in September, it is now that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor has given clear guidelines s on how to implement it.
Eighty-four million employees working in large employers and 17 Millions of healthcare workers in facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid will be covered by these rules implemented by OSHA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
In addition to ensuring that workers are vaccinated or undergo to regular tests starting on January 4, private companies must allow employees who so wish to receive the Covid vaccine – 17 during business hours.
Both measures announced today by the Government of Biden are added to the one already ordered weeks ago for federal government contractors and federal workers , thereby covering the majority of the U.S. workforce.
In a conversation with reporters, White House officials said that as of that date, labor inspections will include checks on the vaccination order, with penalties of $ 13, 653 dollars per violation.
A 70% of the population adult in the United States has received at least one dose and the 58% of the The adult population in the United States is already vaccinated with the full schedule, a figure that has risen in recent months since the government began putting pressure on companies to force their workers to receive the serum.