Manufacturing employers continue to feel the brunt of emerging and evolving trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic: workplace safety, labor shortages, absence management, remote technology, and employee retention — just to name a few. On the workplace safety front, mask mandates, testing protocols, and vaccine issues continue to make headlines, including President Joe Biden’s September 9, 2021 announcement regarding vaccine and testing requirements for companies with 100 or more employees. These developments have all employers looking at strategies for how to comply with an upcoming Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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