1.4 Million MN Workers Would Fall Under New Biden Administration's COVID Vaccine Rule

CBS Minnesota

September 11, 2021

More than 4,800 Minnesota businesses would have to comply with an incoming federal rule requiring workers at businesses with 100 or more employees to get vaccinated or tested weekly for coronavirus, the state’s employment agency said, impacting 1.4 million Minnesotans who have a job.

That’s about half the state’s workforce, according to figures shared by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. More than 134,000 businesses here have fewer than 100 employees, accounting for the other roughly 1.4 million people in the state’s work force. The state said it’s waiting for final language to determine if teachers fall under the new requirement and health care workers will face their own mandate.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration will develop a rule creating the requirement for the private sector. There’s also a mandate for health care workers to get inoculated if the providers accept Medicaid and Medicare, and for federal employees and contractors.

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