https://www.wnd.com/2021/11/us-navy-shipyard-backs-off-v*****e-requirement-employees-draw-line-sand/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking&ats_es=5a8f531647b3a8330d5867dc45fd22e0

A major Virginia ship builder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy is no longer requiring employees to be v******ted against the c****av***s.

The 25,000 employees at Newport News Shipbuilding had initially been told they had to be v******ted against the c****av***s, according to WRIC-TV.

But that all changed last week, after Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, told workers that the Jan. 4 deadline it imposed has been suspended, according to WTKR-TV.

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BREAKING REPORT: Biden Administration in FULL RETREAT— Federal V*****e Mandate NOW *SUSPENDED* Due to ‘Onslaught of Legal Challenges’...
So now they'll bring on the smallpox epidemic.

Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency rule that codified President Joe Biden’s plan to require all employers with 100 or more workers to have a v******te mandate in place. A coalition of states and private sector individuals sued. A federal court banned the rule from taking effect, and OSHA then suspended action under the rule.

Bob Nichols of the Houston-based law firm Bracewell LLP noted in a recent interview with The Business Journals newspaper chain that court rulings have left many employers uncertain of how to proceed.

“The most troubling aspect of this situation for businesses is that they face a great deal of work to come into compliance with this rule, and it is not even certain that the federal courts will allow the rule to take effect,” Nichols said. “For busy companies, the thought of putting a great deal of effort into a program that may ultimately not be necessary is very troubling.”

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