Industry groups are expressing concern about the federal vaccine mandate for private companies, claiming it will be "redundant and costly" for companies already supporting the vaccination among their current employees.   It could also be detrimental to those businesses with barely more than one hundred employees if they lose employees to competitors not covered by the mandate.
 
With these concerns in mind, trucking and agricultural groups are asking the Biden administration to consider exempting truckers from the vaccine mandate for private companies, arguing that drivers are comparable to remote workers as they do not interact with another employee for days or weeks at a time.
 
IFCA is in contact with our national associations and the Illinois congressional delegation about our concerns with this regulation.  IFCA is not questioning the science of the vaccine effectiveness, but the impact on already-tight employment situations for ag employers.