On Thursday last week, the US Supreme Court ruled about the most polarizing issue of Covid pandemic on the vaccine mandates halting requiring vaccine and testing mandates for private business employers over 100 or more peoples.

Many news media organizations and other observers had reportedly the outcome was expected, the USA today reports. “The decision was not unexpected as federal courts have supported state and local governments’ power to regulate public health, but not so with the federal government.”

The Supreme Court ruling was not about the mandate itself, but whether the federal government has authority to impose the mandate.

– Sydney Heimbrock, chief industry advisory for government at Qualtrics, an employee experience software company (source: USA Today)

Now going forward, the employers play critical role how to implement the Covid vaccine guidelines and how to keep their employee safe as well.

“This ruling doesn’t change the fact that employers are able to make the right decision for their workforce. Employers are increasingly playing a critical role in the physical health as well as mental and emotional stability of employees and their communities. Companies need to carefully consider the most effective ways to keep their employees safe, whether that is work-from-home policies or vaccination mandates, or any number of other strategies.”

– Sydney Heimbrock, chief industry advisory for government at Qualtrics, an employee experience software company (source: USA Today)

Karina Elwood and Fritz Hahn write on the Washington Post that many employers are preparing enforce their own vaccine and testing mandates.

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Many employers are forging ahead with requiring workers to be vaccinated even though the U.S. Supreme Court is blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for large employers.

– Bruce Japsen on Forbes

Dee DePass and Christopher Snowbeck write on the Star Tribune that Minnesota employers are adjusting their plans after the Supreme Court’s ruling. “Private employers have more control over their corporate vaccination policies, but health care providers will still need to meet the federal mandate requirements.”

We are pleased with the court’s restraint. We continue to believe that employers know best how to manage their workplaces, and keep employees and customers safe.

– Doug Loon, president and chief executive of the 2,300 member Minnesota Chamber of Commerce (source: Star Tribune)

However, in general the reactions from healthcare providers, where the mandates were ruled legal, were mixed, writes the Tribune. “Many hospitals have already committed to implementing the mandates while many nursing homes worry that a vaccine mandate will exacerbate longstanding staffing challenges in an industry hard hit by the pandemic.”