Though the vaccination mandate by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would’ve required some 80 million workers across the U.S. to be vaccinated or tested weekly was blocked by the Supreme Court, it left the door open for states to pass their own policies. This means states could potentially fall into one of three categories: no restrictions, mandates blocked or mandates enforced.
For companies with employees in multiple states, this will create a new set of challenges to navigate, not to mention privacy risks that most may not be aware of or prepared for. On top of state-imposed policies, a number of companies have already opted to enforce their own vaccine or testing mandates, which means they could be in violation if they operate in a state that has blocked mandates.