On Jan. 13, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓapplauded the U.S. Supreme Court for  on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, which applies to employers with 100 or more employees. On behalf of the construction industry, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓfiled one of the emergency appeals to the Supreme Court leading to this successful outcome.

“ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓis pleased that the Supreme Court blocked OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS,” said Ben Brubeck, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓvice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs. “ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓis proud to have played an important role in preventing OSHA from causing irreparable harm to the construction industry.

"This is a big win in removing compliance hurdles for the construction industry, which is facing multiple economic challenges, including a workforce shortage of 430,000, rising materials prices and supply chain issues. ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓcontinues to support vaccinations and encourages members to use its COVID-19 vaccination toolkit to keep workers safe on construction jobsites.”

On Nov. 9, ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓand its Alabama chapter filed a  against the OSHA ETS. ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓfiled to the Supreme Court to stay the ETS on Dec. 20.

In a separate ruling issued by the Supreme Court, the  that had been issued against the CMS vaccination mandate applicable to health care institutions and their suppliers and contractors.

ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓhas scheduled on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. ET for ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓmembers with ABC's general counsel Maury Baskin to help explain what the Supreme Court decision means for construction employees. Register for ttoday.