CNBC: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday recommended that businesses implement President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirements, despite a federal court order that has temporarily halted the rules.
“’Ultimately the courts are going to decide, but employers still need to take this as a live ETS until it is definitively shut down,’ Marc Freedman, the Chamber’s vice president of employment policy, said of the emergency temporary standard. ‘They should not bank on the preliminary actions of the 5th Circuit,’ he told CNBC in a statement. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which polices workplace safety for the Labor Department, issued the rules through a rarely used fast-track process.
“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday reaffirmed its decision to pause the requirements pending review, telling the Biden administration to refrain from implementation or enforcement until further notice. The appellate court is considered one of the most conservative in the nation. The court-ordered pause, which the three-judge panel originally issued on Nov. 6, came in response to lawsuits by the Republican attorneys general of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah, as well as several private companies.”