Supreme Court Holds Special Session to Rule on Federal COVID Vaccine Mandate

Supreme Court Holds Special Session to Rule on Federal COVID Vaccine Mandate On Jan. 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hold a special session to hear oral arguments in a group of cases challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees and for healthcare workers who work in a facility that receives funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The worker COVID vaccine mandate requires businesses with 100 or more employees to demonstrate that all workers be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face termination and it forces employees who are exempt from vaccination to wear face masks and get tested for the coronavirus weekly. The mandate will be enforced by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).The health care worker mandate enforced by CMS also requires that all employees working at hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid be fully vaccinated or face termination.-- More...