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(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in the coming months will wade into a series of issues with major implications for employers, including a case that could curb class-actions by workers in California and a series of challenges to the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Here is a look at five ways the justices could transform the employment law landscape in 2022.
VACCINE MANDATES
Workers and Republican-led states have filed a series of lawsuits challenging state and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and the Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments on Jan. 7 in three of these cases.
The Biden administration has required federal contractors, healthcare employers and businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or COVID-19 tests for workers, with similar rules adopted by numerous cities and states.
The Supreme Court will hear challenges to the federal rules for the healthcare industry and larger businesses with rulings "likely to follow in short order," according to the court.
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