Justice Elena Kagan stated federal companies have experience in illness administration and prompt OSHA has the authority to make the mandate as a result of “it is a pandemic wherein almost one million individuals have died.”

The day earlier than Christmas Eve, a devastated however headstrong state employee strode into the Division of Developmental Companies workplace in Springfield to gather her belongings and say goodbye to colleagues. … Late Tuesday afternoon, the state authorities selected Coughlin’s destiny for her, as soon as once more denying her plea for a medical exemption beneath Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID vaccine mandate. Within the penultimate blow from the state, Coughlin is now suspended with out pay for 10 days. If Coughlin doesn’t obtain a second vaccine dose inside that time-frame, she’ll be fired, in line with a warning letter from the Govt Workplace of…