The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Louisiana v. Biden, has blocked the Biden Administration from enforcing his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors in Louisiana, Mississippi and Indiana after the court found that President Biden overstepped his authority.

The Biden Administration’s decision to withdraw its emergency vaccine mandate for firms that employ 100 or more people will help firms avoid losing workers unwilling to comply with the new measure.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard issued on Nov. 5, 2021, to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers with 100 or more employees from workplace exposure to coronavirus.

In this latest Legal Insight episode with Cotney Attorneys & Consultants CEO, Trent Cotney, he gives an update on the latest happening with federal mandates that will inevitably affect contractors.

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.

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