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Joel Long, president of PHCC-National Association.

Supply Chain Issues Could Crimp Sales This Year

Obtaining HVACR equipment and components could be a challenge through 2022

March 28, 2022

The pandemic has created a number of winners and losers over the last two years, with some businesses closing down completely and others doing quite well. For the most part, HVAC contractors fell into the latter category.

OSHA Drops Vaccinate-or-Test Mandate

Supreme Court decision killed pandemic mitigation measure

Matt Jachman

January 28, 2022

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The federal emergency vaccinate-or-test mandate that applied to companies with 100 or more workers was dropped with little fanfare on January 25.

Supreme Court Halts Vaccine-or-Test Rule

Case will return to lower court for test of mandate’s legality

Matt Jachman

January 14, 2022

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a stay of the mandate from OSHA, which would have applied to businesses with over 100 employees and affected more than 80 million workers.

FMI Files Emergency Stay On Vaccine Mandate

The association says OSHA rule would harm its members

December 31, 2021

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The FMI expressed disappointment with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to lift the judicial stay barring implementation and enforcement of the OSHA ETS on COVID-19 vaccination and testing for private businesses.

Workplace Vaccine-or-Test Mandate On Again

Department of Justice motion dissolves a stay of the federal requirements

Matt Jachman

December 22, 2021

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The Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more workers is on again — for now.

COVID Safety Mandates Will Create Chaos for HVAC Industry

Mandated Chaos

Matt Michel

December 15, 2021

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Courts have so far halted the OSHA mandate, the Medicate mandate, and the executive order. But does that mean the mandates are gone for good?

Construction Group, Others Sideline Federal Vax Requirements For Now

As cases on two fronts proceed, challengers enjoy favorable judicial winds in the form of temporary injunctions

Robert Beverly

December 12, 2021

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Preliminary injunctions have sidelined both the OSHA emergency temporary standard and the Executive Order.

OSHA Offers Vaccination Detail, Loses First Court Test

The COVID-related workplace proposal clarifies which companies would qualify and which employees would be exempt

Robert Beverly

November 11, 2021

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Thanks to a stay issued by a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge in New Orleans, the first volley of what is likely to be a multistep judicial battle puts the OSHA emergency temporary standard in limbo roughly 48 hours after the agency had released it.

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US Department of Labor Issues Emergency COVID Rules for Large Employers

Increases protections for 84M private sector workers

November 5, 2021

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the job. The nation's unvaccinated workers face grave danger from workplace exposure to coronavirus, and immediate action is necessary to protect them.

A sticker announces someone received a COVID-19 vaccination.

HVAC Employers Wait for Biden Vaccination Requirement Details

Any OSHA emergency standard faces limited enforcement resources and a tough history in court

Robert Beverly

September 29, 2021

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Multiple industry sources and data portray the construction industry in general as lagging behind the general population in terms of COVID vaccination rate.