The Biden administration's new rule puts every American company with 100 or more employees in the same boat: All must get tough on their workers.
Corporate America had been trying to navigate two competing pandemic realities: Companies are desperately trying to get back to business as usual, and mandating vaccines is among the best ways to accomplish that. But a labor shortage had tied their hands, as businesses have been worried that forcing people to get the shot would send some desperately needed employees and potential new hires packing.
"The Consumer Brands Association, a consortium of 2,000 packaged goods brands, also praised the effort to vaccinate as many Americans as possible:"We look forward to working with the administration to increase vaccination rates of essential workers throughout the country," said the trade group's CEO Geoff Freeman in a statement.However, the Consumer Brands Association said it lacked — and demanded — clarity about how its members are supposed to enforce the new rules.
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