If it survives the numerous legal challenges, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s latest rule requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to mandate COVID vaccines or receive weekly tests is set to go into effect on Dec. 5. By Jan. 4, employees must have received their final vaccine dose to avoid weekly testing.

OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard, released last week, doesn’t obligate employers to pay for their employees’ weekly testing, but large and midsize South Florida law firms with unvaccinated attorneys and staff will need to decide whether to pay for the tests or let employees foot the bill.

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