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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Biden's Employee Vaccine Rule Means 98 Percent of Companies Unaffected
Joe Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate looks set to apply to tens of millions of workers despite less than 2 percent of companies employing more that 100 people.
The president said that as part of the mandate all employers with more than 100 employees must ensure their staff are vaccinated against COVID, or that they take weekly tests.
Companies who don't comply with the law could face fines of as much as $14,000 for each violation.
Biden has also announced that all healthcare workers and federal contractors must get vaccinated, meaning that the stringent new vaccine rules could apply to more than 100 million people, around two-thirds of the American workforce.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-bidens-employee-vaccine-rule-means-98-percent-of-companies-unaffected/ar-AAOizXF
Lovie777
(12,212 posts)that a healthy workforce equals profits.
Lovie777
(12,212 posts)that a healthy workforce equals profits.
hauckeye
(630 posts)Im sure her company has more than 100 employees. So far she refuses to get vaccinated. She works remotely from her home in Tennessee, but the main company is in Syracuse. Will be interesting to see if she caves. She already cancelled a cruise around Hawaii because they required the vaccine.
ALBliberal
(2,333 posts)So if we are to compare people employed rather than comparing number of corporations effected
we will get a better idea of the power of this 100 or more employee guideline.
former9thward
(31,923 posts)Approximately 1/3 are employed in firms of 100 or less. So that means about 40-45 million private sector employees are not affected by the mandate.
https://sbecouncil.org/about-us/facts-and-data/