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    2021 Manufacturing Technology Leader of the Year: COVID-19

    Dec. 2, 2021
    COVID-19 makes a compelling case for this year's IW Technology Leader.
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Making Sense of the New OSHA Vaccine Mandate

    Nov. 5, 2021
    A look at what the Emergency Temporary Standard does (and doesn't) require of companies with 100+ employees.
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    OSHA Issues Deadline for Vaccine-or-Test Mandate: January 4

    Nov. 5, 2021
    Private companies with more than 100 employees have until 2022 to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested regularly.
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    US Gives Final Approval of Pfizer's COVID Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11

    Nov. 3, 2021
    There have been more than 1.9 million cases of COVID-19 among five- to 11-year-olds in the United States and more than 8,300 hospitalizations.
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Unions at GE, Spirit, Textron Push Back on Vaccine Mandates

    Oct. 21, 2021
    An employee's right to apply for an exemption should be protected, unions say.

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    Microsoft will mandate vaccines for all employees and automakers, vaccinated or not, will don masks again.
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    What the EEOC Says about Requiring Vaccines at Work

    July 21, 2021
    Can you mandate employees to show proof? What are the HR rules around incentives for getting the shot?
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    The IW U.S. 500: The COVID Effect

    July 6, 2021
    Calculating the true cost of COVID-19 across the manufacturing industry.