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Employers requiring  onsite employees to be vaccinated

The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate is history, but about half of U.S. employers are proceeding with one anyway.

By the numbers: Nearly a quarter of employers are already requiring vaccinations without a testing option despite the Supreme Court scrapping the Biden mandate, according to the Jan. 27 poll by human resources consultancy Mercer.

13% are requiring vaccines or regular testing.

Another 8% are requiring vaccines due to federal or state rules that remain in place, while 6% have plans to implement a mandate.

Yes, but: 42% of employers have no plans for a mandate.

Vaccine mandates survive across big chunks of corporate America

Nearly a quarter of employers are requiring vaccinations without a testing option despite the Supreme Court scrapping the Biden mandate.

COVID-19 vaccines

The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate is history, but about half of U.S. employers are proceeding with one anyway.By the numbers: Nearly a quarter of employers are already requiring vaccinations without a testing option despite the Supreme Court scrapping the Biden mandate, according to the Jan. 27 poll by human resources consultancy Mercer.

After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

Vaccine mandates survive across big chunks of corporate America

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