OSHA clarifies: Solo truck drivers don’t fall under Biden vaccine mandate

The Biden administration’s proposed so-called vaccination mandate in the workplace does not apply to solo truck drivers, according to new guidance handed down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

That formal declaration of what had been suggested at the time of the mandate’s rollout in November appeared in updated Frequently Asked Questions, published earlier this week. 

“There is no specific exemption from the standard’s requirements for truck drivers,” the OSHA FAQs state.

But...

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OSHA delays enforcement of revived vaccination or weekly testing mandate

Readers will recall that we recently wrote about President Biden’s vaccine mandate which took shape in the form of an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Although enforcement of the ETS was halted by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently revived the ETS, allowing it to go into effect.  In response to the Sixth Circuit’s ruling, OSHA has delayed the deadlines for...

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