After federal workplace safety officials withdrew the emergency temporary standard that would have forced larger employers to either mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or require each unvaccinated worker to be tested each week, some employers are wondering whether it’s a case of Easy Come, Easy Go. After all, OSHA’s withdrawal of the ETS may seem like mostly good news, as some of its provisions were time-consuming and costly – especially for companies that planned to test unvaccinated workers weekly in lieu of mandatory vaccinations. Yet many employers may end up regret losing the ETS, thinking I’d Like to Have that One Back.
