Some Alaska business owners expressed relief this week after the U.S. Supreme Court halted a measure from the Biden administration that would have required employees of large businesses to get a COVID-19 vaccine or test regularly:
A syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. halted a measure from the Biden administration that would have required employees of large businesses to get a COVID-19 vaccine or test regularly for the virus.
Capozzi said many mid-sized companies that employ just enough people to fall under the OSHA’s threshold of 100 workers do not have the resources to track employee vaccination and testing statuses, and worried that requirements would cause them to lose employees with the tight labor market. Alaska was one of several Republican-led states that sued OSHA to block the rule. But it has not gone as far as other states in prohibiting any kind of vaccination requirement. According to theAlaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy called Thursday’s decision “a huge victory for individual, business and states’ rights.”
But many private businesses are pleased to be absolved of the need to track employees’ vaccination status. “It has been a major issue of concern for Alaska’s construction industry,” said Alicia Amberg, executive director of the Associated General Contractors of Alaska. Private companies are free to require employees to receive COVID vaccinations, and, Amberg said, many have. But few members of her association were enthusiastic about the blanket approach from the Biden administration.
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