re: SW Airlines CEO - we will not fire any employees refusing vaccine

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Won't OSHA come in as a result?

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As has been stated over and over on this site; There is no mandate through OSHA.

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Now explain this to me like I'm Michael Scott's spermatozoa

Won't OSHA come in as a result?

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The President is planning to give OSHA authority via an Executive Order to issue an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to make it legal to fine businesses that have unvaccinated employees. The question is: is this expansion of OSHA provenance legal or does such an expansion require legislative definition?

Emergency Temporary Standards

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Under certain limited conditions, OSHA is authorized to set emergency temporary standards that take effect immediately and are in effect until superseded by a permanent standard. OSHA must determine that workers are in grave danger due to exposure to toxic substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or to new hazards and that an emergency standard is needed to protect them. Then, OSHA publishes the emergency temporary standard in the Federal Register, where it also serves as a proposed permanent standard. It is then subject to the usual procedure for adopting a permanent standard except that a final ruling should be made within six months. The validity of an emergency temporary standard may be challenged in an appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals.

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The idea is to force the Biden administration to "put up or shut up" by forcing the issue into court. Ideally the resolution would create a barrier to the limits of Executive Orders.


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I jumped the gun a bit, changed "gave OSHA authority" to "is planning to give OSHA authority".