Shot Rule Forcing Workers to Pay Testing Costs Irks Advocates

The federal government’s new private-sector vaccination mandate is the type of economy-wide response to the pandemic that worker advocates have recommended since early last year, but some are criticizing how it allows employers to shift testing costs onto workers who resist vaccination.

The emergency rule unveiled Thursday requires employers with more than 100 employees to provide paid leave to workers to get vaccinated or recover from the side effects of a jab—something the Biden administration referred to as a leading barrier to raising the nation’s vaccination rate.

Yet the measure also permits employers to make workers pay for weekly testing ...