Fri Oct 1, 2021 – 1:09 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A provision in a massive government spending bill would increase financial penalties for companies that violate workplace rules, including the pending vaccine mandate proposed by President Joe Biden.
The $3.5 trillion budget bill, which has not yet been passed by Congress, increases fines by 1,000 percent for workplace violations.
The provision would increase the penalty to $700,000 for employers who violate the federal law that requires companies to provide work environments “free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.” The Biden administration is expected to partially draw its alleged authority to require jabs from this part of federal labor law.
President Biden announced plans to ask the Department of Labor to issue “an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week.”
In addition to expected legal challenges, including from the conservative media company Daily Wire, the proposal also faces logistical issues.
“The mandate affects somewhere between 80 million and 100 million workers, and just because of the large numbers of employers, that would make enforcement a bit
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