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Governor applauds Supreme Court's decision to block OSHA rule over employee COVID-19 vaccinations

Rule would have required businesses with more than 100 workers to require COVID-19 vaccinations

Governor applauds Supreme Court's decision to block OSHA rule over employee COVID-19 vaccinations

Rule would have required businesses with more than 100 workers to require COVID-19 vaccinations

OFFICIALS, THE GRANITE STATE SUG OVER THE MANDATE. JASON: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S VACCINE MANDATE WOULD HAVE AFFECTED MORE THAN 80 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE ITUNED STATES, BUT THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK IT DO.WN IT WOULD HAVE APPLIED TO CO MPANIES WITH MORE THAN 100 WORKS.ER THE COURT WILL ALLOW THE MANDATE TO BE ENFORCED BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL MEDICARE OR MEDICAID DOLLARS. THE RULE DOES HAVE MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIO. GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU WHO HAD PUSHED FOR THE LAWSUIT OVER THE MANDATE RELEASED THIS STATEMENT, SAYING, "I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPREME COURT FOR LISTENING TO THE COUNTLESS BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR STATE THAT WOULD HAVE FACED CATASTROPHIC WORKFORCE SHORTAGES HAD THIS MANDA GETE THROUGH. I AM AS PRO-VACCINE AS TY COME, BUT TODAY’S DECISION TO HALT THE PRESIDENT'’ OVERREACHING VACCINE MANDATE IS GOOD NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES AND THE BUSINESSES THAT KEEP OUR SUPPLY CHAINS RUNNING AND ENOCO ENOP THE SUPREME COURT SOME COERNSVATIVE MAJORITY CONUDCLED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVERSTEPPED ITS AUTHORITY. PRIVATE BUSINESSES ARE STILL ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN VACCINREE QUIREMENTS. THOSE ARE NO
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Governor applauds Supreme Court's decision to block OSHA rule over employee COVID-19 vaccinations

Rule would have required businesses with more than 100 workers to require COVID-19 vaccinations

The governor is weighing in on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden administration's requirement that employees of large U.S. employers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask while working. The court's conservative majority concluded the administration overstepped its authority to impose the rule through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for businesses of at least 100 employees, which would have affected 80 million Americans. Gov. Chris Sununu has opposed the OSHA rule since it was announced last year. New Hampshire was one of a number of states that originally sued President Joe Biden over the rule. "I would like to thank the Supreme Court for listening to the countless businesses across our state that would have faced catastrophic workforce shortages had this mandate gone through," said Gov. Chris Sununu. "I am as pro-vaccine as they come, but today’s decision to halt the president's overreaching vaccine mandate is good news for employees and the businesses that keep our supply chains running and economy open."Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the administration can proceed with its mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.Private businesses are also still able to implement their own vaccination requirements and are not affected by the Supreme Court's ruling.

The governor is weighing in on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden administration's requirement that employees of large U.S. employers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask while working.

The court's conservative majority concluded the administration overstepped its authority to impose the rule through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for businesses of at least 100 employees, which would have affected 80 million Americans.

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Gov. Chris Sununu has opposed the OSHA rule since it was announced last year. New Hampshire was one of a number of states that originally sued President Joe Biden over the rule.

"I would like to thank the Supreme Court for listening to the countless businesses across our state that would have faced catastrophic workforce shortages had this mandate gone through," said Gov. Chris Sununu. "I am as pro-vaccine as they come, but today’s decision to halt the president's overreaching vaccine mandate is good news for employees and the businesses that keep our supply chains running and economy open."

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the administration can proceed with its mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.

Private businesses are also still able to implement their own vaccination requirements and are not affected by the Supreme Court's ruling.