Editorial Photo Credit: Lev Radin

The Biden administration is gearing up for a fight.

The rule, which took effect Friday, November 6, before it was temporarily blocked the next day, requires companies with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing starting January 4. Covered employers are required to implement a mask mandate for unvaccinated workers by December 5.

More than two dozen states, businesses, business groups and religious organizations have sued, calling the rule issued by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration an overreach of government authority.

According to NBC News “the ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit comes after numerous Republican-led states filed legal challenges against the new rule.”

The White House declined to comment on the ruling, and referred questions to the Labor Department.

Read more here: NBC News