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 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will also release
non-binding guidance on how other businesses can protect workers,
Walsh told a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Education
and Labor Committee.
During the Trump administration, OSHA rejected calls by unions,
Democrats and worker advocates for a rule that would apply to most
employers. Instead, the agency issued a series of non-binding
guidance documents tailored to different industries.
Walsh did not reveal other details of the rule. He said the guidance
would apply to the treatment of workers who have not received
COVID-19 vaccines.
Walsh's announcement immediately drew rebukes from Republicans on
the House committee.
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 Rep. Tim Walberg, a Republican
from Michigan, said that issuing a rule goes
against recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention guidance that said vaccinated
people can largely go about their normal
pre-pandemic lives.
"I think the answer should be, let's let people
go back to work in a normal fashion," Walberg
said during the hearing, held via Zoom.
"I like the signs of where we’re headed," Walsh
responded. "However, people are still dying and
are still getting infected."
(Reporting by Dan Wiessner in Albany, New York
and writing by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware,
Editing by William Maclean)
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