The benefit of the expected ETS is it provides another arrow in the anti-COVID-19 quiver, she said. Legal objections and enforcement hurdles.Īnticipated ETS 'will result in significant headaches for employers who will have to manage multiple requests for exemptions and to determine whether the requests are legitimate,' said Martha Boyd, an attorney with Baker Donelson in Nashville, Tenn. The anticipated emergency temporary standard (ETS) mandating that employers with at least 100 employees require workers to be vaccinated or be tested frequently is already facing challenges: religious and medical exemptions,
The federal mandate for certain employers to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing may not increase the number of vaccinated people as much as was hoped.
