Growing number of U.S.companies suspend vaccine mandates following court decisions

A growing number of health care systems and other companies, including Amtrak and General Electric, are temporarily suspending mandates that require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

The move follows court rulings in recent weeks that paused such requirements from the Biden administration for health care workers and federal contractors. Still, the decision about whether to require vaccinations remained up to individual employers.

The mandate suspensions come at a precarious time: Many employers face labor shortages, while Covid cases are surging and the highly mutated omicron variant is spreading. ...