The plan faces backlash from Republicans and opponents of the vaccine, but experts say the mandates will help get Americans back to work as job growth slows. added 235,000 jobs in August, well below expectations after a string of nearly 1 million monthly job gains in prior months. Health and childcare concerns are also keeping people off the job as the delta coronavirus variant is pushing daily case counts drastically higher than just a few months earlier.
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"The idea that you can go to work safely and know that everybody there is vaccinated is a big plus for many people," said Erica Groshen, senior economics adviser at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the former commissioner of the U.S. Prior to Biden's announcement, more than half of employers were considering mandates for workers, according to an August survey by global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC of 961 companies that employ a total of 9.7 million workers. Nearly 60% of the surveyed companies were also tracking employees' vaccination status.Ĭompanies have cited the jump in COVID-19 cases linked to the delta variant as a reason for their own vaccine requirements. New daily cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached over 163,000 as of Sept. 15, up from less than 10,000 in mid-June. Other mandates have also spread to restaurants, retailers and other companies across business sectors. The healthcare industry, where other vaccine requirements for workers are commonplace, is also grappling with the issue.
"The primary consideration that I have heard in conversations with hospital leaders is it's really about keeping staff, patients and communities safe," said Akin Demehin, director of policy at trade group American Hospital Association.
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