Despite Court Stay, States Weigh Counterparts To OSHA Vaccine Rule

Washington state is forging ahead with rulemaking based on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 vaccination and testing despite a court order blocking implementation of the federal rule, as officials there say they “are not delaying” work on their vaccine rule while other delegated states are weighing next steps. “We are not delaying the work to develop our rule, which we expect to largely mirror OSHA’s, while we monitor the court cases,” Dina Lorraine, a communications consultant with the...