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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 20, 2021

Late Friday afternoon, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to reinstate the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses with at least 100 employees, The Hill reports. In its ruling, the court said the administration was justified in imposing the mandate to protect workers, especially those who are unvaccinated, from “grave danger in the workplace.” The decision also dissolved a stay issued by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in November. Within hours, opponents of the mandate appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, SCOTUSBlog reports. To give businesses more time to respond, the administration said it would delay for up to six days any citations for failure to comply with the mandate. The original deadline was Jan. 4. 2022.