Portland Partner Offers Agenda for Employers While Federal Standard is in Limbo

Stephen Scott authored an article in New Orleans City Business that offers a five-step priority list to guide employers following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).

“Technically, the Supreme Court didn’t kill the ETS, but its long-term prognosis does not look good,” he wrote. “The court reapplied the temporary injunction that once again blocks OSHA from enforcing the ETS for the time being while the parties continue to battle in lower courts over whether the emergency rule is valid.”

Among other strategies covered in the article, Stephen encourages employers to continue to complete related administrative obligations, to decide whether to impose a mandate, and to consider vaccine incentives for employees should the ETS mandate return.

Read the full article in New Orleans City Business (subscription required).