I don’t want to get too hyperbolic right off the bat, here, but my first thought when I saw this report was Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union and Adolf Hitler’s Germany — in which neighbors were turned against neighbors, friends turned against friends, and family members turned against family members by a state apparatus they feared more than the personal consequences of reporting “violators” to the state.
So here’s the thing: The Labor Department is going to need a lot of help enforcing Biden’s new COVID-19 vaccination “requirements” (Unconstitutional mandates). because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) doesn’t have nearly enough “workplace safety inspectors” to do the job of policing compliance with the controversial new rules (Unconstitutional mandates).As reported by CBS News.
So, what’s a good radical-leftist government to do in such a predicament?
Rely on a Corps of informersDetermining violations of the Order: This is what employees will likely be worried enough about If coworkers fail to pass weekly screenings or go without vaccinating, the employer can be turned in. to show they’re virus-free.
Joe Biden is not authorized to issue mandates
Biden admin will rely on WHISTLEBLOWERS to rpt private companies violating his vaccine mandates because OSHA does not have inspectors for enforcement –https://t.co/j17oU9ZN4m
— Blanche Victoria (@tammytabby) November 10, 2021
According to CBS News or approximately 84 million workers worldwide, the 490-page regulation will be applicable to U.S. businesses with less than 100 employees. What about whistleblowers?
What’s not known is just how many employees will be willing to accept some risk to themselves — or their job security — for blowing the whistle on their own employers.
Experts believe that the government without these vaccines would have difficulty achieving its goal to require tens to millions of large business workers to receive full vaccinations by January 4. They also need to be tested every week and required to use a mask while on the job.
Stop and think about what you’re reading. You are an In America
Radical leftism is the insidious metastasis that creeps into every day life. We are asked to stop it. Snitch one another to help the state gobble up more and more of our liberty and personal freedoms — now to the extent of what we inject into our bodies — one bite at a time.
Debbie Berkowitz was the former OSHA chief staff officer. She tried to discredit the scheme to use informants from the government instead of an enforcer corps.
“There is no army of OSHA inspectors that is going to be knocking on employers’ door or even calling them. They’re going to rely on workers and their union representatives to file complaints where the company is totally flouting the law.”
So how does the government envision this army of COVID Karens — now armed with the power to cause significant consequences for employers that violate the Biden “non-mandate” mandate — going about the business of wreaking havoc on companies and their employees? CBS News
OSHA urges workers to first bring unsafe or unhealthy working conditions to the attention of their employers “if possible.”
OSHA can also be used to protect employees’ safety.
They cannot sue their employer for violating federal safety regulations.
OSHA inspects are typically initiated by a complaint.
“You fill out a form or somebody fills out a form for you,” said Berkowitz, the former OSHA chief of staff. “And that’s all workers have. If OSHA decides not to inspect, that’s it. Or if OSHA inspects but decides not to cite the employer, that’s it. … So it’s a pretty weak law.”
OSHA has the exclusive right to bring cases regarding violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970. This law is intended to protect workers at work. Berkowitz says that it’s almost impossible for employers to sue them for negligence outside OSHA.
“Even sounding the alarm can be risky.”
If I’m a potential COVID Karen, I’m already wondering about possible repercussions and/or retaliation against whistleblowers.
“Technically,” Berkowitz said, “the law says that companies can’t retaliate against a worker for waging a health and safety issue or filing an OSHA complaint or even reporting an injury. But retaliation is rampant.”
CBS News reported that OSHA has the power to sue employers for punishing workers who speak out about unsafe work conditions. For example, OSHA sued an Austin luxury car dealer last month for firing an employee who warned about the potential dangers of coronavirus in the workplace.
And what about OSHA’s track record with handling “regular” whistleblower complaints?
According to CBS, the Labor Department’s Inspector General concluded last year:
“OSHA needs to improve its handling of whistleblower complaints. When OSHA fails to respond in a timely manner, it could leave workers to suffer emotionally and financially, and may also lead to the erosion of key evidence and witnesses.”
Everything COVID It is already There are many things that could go wrong when you have a dumpster on fire.
There are many things that could go wrong. This has happened. As we reported on Sunday, the 5th Circuit Federal Appeals Court issued a stay on Biden’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more employees must require employees to be vaccinated or face regular testing. In the stay, the court said the ruling was based on “grave statutory and constitutional issues” about Biden’s constitutional authority to issue such a requirement. A stay stops the “mandate” from going into effect while the court continues to consider the merit of the case.
Reuters reported Monday that the White House urged employers not to fire employees. Do not ignore the ruling of the court and proceed with the vaccine requirement as so “ordered.”
Perhaps the worst COVID news is here [possible sarc], as we reported Tuesday, “General Hospital” actor Ingo Rademacher, who has played Jasper “Jax” Jacks on the long-running soap for the past 25 years, lost his gig for refusing to comply with the show’s vaccine mandate.
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