OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Rule May Be Expanded to Small Businesses: Labor Department

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is seen in Washington in a file photograph. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden administration’s emergency COVID-19 vaccination requirement released today could be expanded in the future to employers who have fewer than 100 workers.

The emergency temporary standard, issued by the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and scheduled to go into effect on Friday, is presented as only applying to firms that have 100 or more employees.