Statement of NCFC President Chuck Conner on OSHA Vaccine Mandate ETS
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Statement of NCFC President Chuck Conner on OSHA Vaccine Mandate ETS

"I am disappointed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) on a vaccine mandate for larger employers fails to adopt several commonsense accommodations to recognize the unique nature of agriculture.

While the ETS compliance deadline does take farmer co-ops past harvest and does exempt employees working exclusively outdoors, implementing this stand-ard will be disruptive and it contains no provisions included to help ensure the integrity of the food and agriculture supply chain. NCFC will be providing formal comments to OSHA outlining our concerns further and will work with our members to look for ways to minimize the disruptions this ETS will cause to a critical sector of our economy.”
 

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