The United States Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a rule by President Joe Biden’s administration for companies with more than 100 employees to require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or to present a weekly negative test for coronavirus infection. .
The rule would come into effect from January 4, but had its validity postponed due to the legal dispute. According to CNN, the majority of the Supreme Court held that the US Congress did not give the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency of the US Department of Labor, the power to determine this requirement.
“While Congress has arguably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational hazards, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring 84 million Americans to be vaccinated, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls into the latter category,” the court’s ruling said.
On the other hand, the Supreme Court allowed a vaccination requirement for healthcare workers to take effect across the country.
The federal rule requires the immunization of health care workers and home care providers that are funded by US government health programs. The vaccination cycle was supposed to be completed by January 4, but the measure was suspended in 24 states.
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