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As employers wait to learn the details of emergency federal standards mandating businesses add COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements, the construction industry is preparing as much as it can.
Ordered by President Joe Biden on Sept. 9, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is working on an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that will require federal contractors and subcontractors to get vaccinated, and require employers with 100 or more employees to require workers get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing "Along with that standard, Biden's executive order requires that all federal contracts add a clause requiring contractors to follow Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidelines, which are expected to be released later this month."