The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to lift another court’s order blocking OSHA’s emergency rule that requires large employers to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or tested for it at least weekly.
The administration petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to immediately dissolve the Fifth Circuit’s order freezing the shot-or-test regulation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has the authority to protect workers against Covid-19 despite the disease being caused by a virus that also exists outside the workplace, it said in the filing.
“Congress charged OSHA ...