White House: Onus on employers "to determine whether their workplace will be safe for employees"

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Thu, 2022-01-13 23:25 — mike kraft

White House: Onus now on employers "to determine whether their workplace will be safe for employees" White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling blocking the Biden’s administration’s vaccine or test requirement for large businesses, telling reporters the burden is now on individual employers “to determine whether their workplaces will be safe for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers.” By <a href="/profiles/rhea-mogul">Rhea Mogul</a>, Adam Renton, Jack Guy, <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a> and <a href="/profiles/adrienne-vogt">Adrienne Vogt</a>, CNN CNN

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Biden, Psaki said, “will continue to call on businesses to immediately join those who have already stepped up, including one third of Fortune 100 companies, to institute vaccination requirements to protect their workers, customers and communities,” pointing to data that indicates a majority of employers will require employees to get vaccinated.

“Why? Because nearly, because employees want to feel safe in the workplace, because they want to incentivize workers to come back to the workplace, and because they've seen large companies across the country implement this and see how effective it is,” Psaki said.