Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) not to adopt a COVID-19 mandate that will cause “economic damage” to her state. In a letter sent to OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor Douglas Parker on Dec. 3, Ivey urged the agency not to adopt its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), saying the policy is “misguided” and that “any final standard based on it would be a mistake.” OSHA issued the ETS on Nov. 5, following Biden’s Nov. 4 announcement that employers must “ensure as many of their workers are vaccinated as quickly as possible.” The ETS requires private employers with more than 100 employees to impose a vaccine mandate or test policy. Under the rule, unvaccinated workers must wear masks inside the workplace. Employers who refuse to impose the mandate on their workers will face potential penalties of tens of thousands of …