'Playing hardball': Biden plans massive new fines for businesses violating vax mandate: watchdog
Under $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, businesses not complying with Biden OSHA vaccine mandate would be subject to fines ranging from $70,000 to $700,000, according to OpenTheBooks.com.
By Bethany Blankley
Updated: October 7, 2021 - 11:13pm
Tucked inside the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill that passed out of the House Budget Committee are exorbitant new fines — ranging from $70,000 to $700,000 — that would apply to companies defying President Joe Biden's COVID vaccine mandate, alleges Adam Andrzejewski, CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com.
If the provisions of the bill are implemented, the fines could bankrupt all non-compliant companies, warns the government spending watchdog.
"Buried on page 168 of the House Democrats' 2,465-page mega bill is a tenfold increase in fines for employers that 'willfully,' 'repeatedly,' or even seriously violate a section of labor law that deals with hazards, death, or serious physical harm to their employees," Andrzejewski writes in Forbes.
Last month, Biden announced by executive fiat that all private-sector businesses with 100 or more employees must comply with his most recent vaccine mandate, or pay a potential fine of $14,000 per violation. The order would impact more than 80 million Americans.
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