Today, Jan. 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its eagerly-awaited rulings on the federal government’s vaccine and testing mandates. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the effect of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required large employers to implement vaccination or testing policies, effectively killing this temporary regulation. On the other hand, the court affirmed the right of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, meaning that the CMS mandate is now in effect nationwide. More
