INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Governor Eric Holcomb has directed the Indiana Department of Labor to work with the Attorney General on a lawsuit challenging the federal government over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) publishing an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that mandates vaccines.
OSHA this morning announced a new ETS that requires companies with at least 100 employees to implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Employees would be given the option of weekly testing if they refuse to be vaccinated.
The deadline for full compliance is January 4.
The Governor issued the following statement in response to the ETS:
“This is an overreach of the government’s role in serving and protecting Hoosiers. While I agree that the vaccine is the tool that will best protect against COVID-19, this federal government approach is unprecedented and will bring about harmful, unintended consequences in the supply chain and the workforce.”
Visit https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/11042021 for more details about the ETS.
