[HN Gopher] Microsoft indefinitely delays employees' return to i...
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Microsoft indefinitely delays employees' return to its offices
Author : underscore_ku
Score : 21 points
Date : 2021-09-09 19:44 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.engadget.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.engadget.com)
| walterbell wrote:
| This may allow time for lawsuits and SCOTUS to rule on today's
| non-legislative mandates, https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-
| business-health-coronav...
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| _> The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than
| 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus
| weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans ... The requirement
| for large companies to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing for
| employees will be enacted through a forthcoming rule from the
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration that carries
| penalties of $14,000 per violation_
| geofft wrote:
| Is Microsoft not already doing that? My much-smaller-than-MS
| employer has been requiring either (self-attested) vaccination
| or weekly tests for people voluntarily returning to the office.
| walterbell wrote:
| Those opposed to mandates probably aren't volunteering to
| return to the office. A delay could provide more time for the
| legality of mandates to be challenged.
|
| _> Most recently, the aim was to fully reopen the
| headquarters in Redmond, Washington and several other US
| offices no earlier than October 4th. "Given the uncertainty
| of COVID-19, we've decided against attempting to forecast a
| new date for a full reopening of our US work sites in favor
| of opening US work sites as soon as we're able to do so
| safely based on public health guidance."_
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