I searched but couldnt find specifically what I was looking for.. I know that the OSHA vax mandate has been stayed by the sixth circuit, BUT can companies still enforce their own mandates? or could it be considered an OSHA violation since OSHA is not even allowed to enforce mandates? but there isnt an OSHA rule that states they CAN'T have mandates so I am unclear if you can point to OSHA if a company tries to mandate being vaxxed..
Specifically I am wondering if any one on here works in film production (Los Angeles) and if companies who were requiring vax mandates (like Disney & several big ones) have had to stop requiring vaccination proof lest it be an OSHA violation? thanks in advance.
Enforcing a vax mandate without any exemptions and testing doesn't hold much legal ground in the long run.
Can they do it? Sure, but it is very disruptive to the work place for a variety of reasons in the short term.
Short answer is that if a company wants to be stupid yes they can.
well for film production its independent contractor work so it's not really disruptive - they just hire someone else thats vaxxed. Im just wondering if proclaiming how the OSHA mandate has been stayed would deter them at all for fear of getting sued if the courts ultimately shut down the OSHA mandate..or if there is anything to say that would make them actually worry about trying to enforce it.
For now because by early next year having the booster will be considered fully "vaxxed". So they are going to keep shrinking their pool of candidates.
Their pool of candidates will shrink to the point that they can not conduct business properly. Independent contractors already have to deal with a myriad of issues and shrinking the pool of candidates actually hurts film production in the long haul.
For example how many are willing to move to California for work in film production? The only ones I know that are doing film production are stuck in California at this point.
I mean it DEFINITELY hurts them when they lose super good workers and have to start moving down the ladder hiring who is available. but to work on things like Star Wars projects everyone is chomping at the bit so its harder to have any leverage. Disney probably preemptively fired Gina Carano for fear she would try to get the entire Mandalorian cast/crew to strike to fight against the Disney mandates bc they would definitely know back then that this was coming & Carano could make a HUUUUUGE stink about it. that wouldve been fucking glorious. sigh Ginaaaaaa (T ^ T)/