Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19''

Courts are weighing in on COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued for federal contractors and large businesses, which could give reprieves for business scrambling to comply – if only temporarily.

The confusion over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employers continues as officials from the White House and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issue conflicting statements on enforcement.

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Without question, the building and construction industry has been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Approximately 1.1 million construction jobs were eliminated in the first two months of the pandemic prior to the industry’s designation as “essential.” While the industry has recouped nearly 80 percent of its workforce since then, companies will need to hire another 1 million workers over the next two years to meet the country’s insatiable demand for new home construction and improvement.

Insulation Labs is a residential and commercial insulation contractor located in Van Nuys, Calif.

Today AGC, ARTBA. and SWACCA filed a petition for review of OSHA’s new COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 

Instead of providing additional resources and support to encourage workers to do the right thing, the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandates will make the challenge of vaccinating more construction professionals harder, based on our initial analysis of the measure.

It is no secret that the U.S. is suffering from a post-pandemic labor shortage. The commercial construction industry was already suffering labor losses prior to Covid-19 and is finding it even more difficult now to attract skilled and general labor.

Despite efforts by some states to oppose President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees and contractors, the legal writing is on the wall – for now.

Lumber and steel, drywall and insulation, new cars and rental cars, computer chips and bacon. What do these commodities all have in common? They are in short supply.