by Jon Rappoport
October 5, 2021
I’m talking about the Executive Order (EO) commanding all US companies with more than 100 employees to mandate the COVID vaccine for those employees.
I can’t find the EO. I don’t see it in the Federal Register, where it’s supposed to be published. (Note: the following two Biden EOs only cover Federal employees and Federal contractors.)
If it hasn’t been published, then there is no mandate.
If there is no mandate yet, then obviously, none of the companies are under any obligation to enforce it.
OSHA is apparently the federal agency responsible for framing a set of regulations for the mandate, including fines. But federal agencies only construct regulations after a law has been passed or an EO is issued.
If I’m correct, and no EO has been published, we have an odd situation, to say the least.
Governors and lawyers have been threatening to sue, because the EO is unconstitutional and overrides state powers. But if there is no Presidential EO, then all these legal cases would be meaningless, because, again, there is no official mandate.
Is the White House stalling? Do they realize the EO and the mandate will be overturned in court? Are they hoping to achieve corporate compliance without an official mandate?
I’ve queried several lawyers. One suggested that so far, in this situation, the feds are mandating by bluffing.
That indeed would be extraordinary.
Maybe the EO is forthcoming as we speak. Possibly (though I can’t imagine it), it’s been published somewhere other than the Federal Register. But until it’s visible and official, there is no private-sector mandate.
Unless speeches and press releases and media coverage suddenly, all by themselves, have the force of law.
blog.nomorefakenews.com/2021/10/05/wheres-the-biden-executive-order-mandating-the-vaccine/
You are correct. On Sep 9th, Biden said he was directing OSHA to update its regs to require it but it has not been done that I can find. Here is the link to the “COVID Plan” that Biden discussed on Sep 9th. https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/
In this plan, you will see that it says: The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require any workers who remain unvaccinated to produce a negative test result on at least a weekly basis before coming to work. OSHA will issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to implement this requirement. This requirement will impact over 80 million workers in private sector businesses with 100+ employees.
In this Sep 30 article – they quote Jen Psaki telling a reporter that OSHA didn’t have a deadline or timeline. Mmmmm…. https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/say-where-isthat-biden-regulation-on-vaccine-mandates/
With regards to the Executive Orders, 14042 is for Federal Contractors and and 14043 is for Federal Government Employees. Fed Govt Employees have until Nov 22 or they will be fired – this is in play and federal workers are getting constant reminders of their need to “be in compliance”.