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As fast and mercurial as HR compliance has been in the age of COVID-19, we hit hyperdrive in the past few months.
As you’ve probably heard by now, the Supreme Court torpedoed OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate
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Yesterday was an “opinion day” at the Supreme Court. And, at 10 AM, as expected, the Supreme Court issued an opinion.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the OSHA vax-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) case. Continue reading
Today has to be the day, right? Right?!?
Waiting (im)patiently until 10 am for this Supreme Court OSHA vax-or-test mandate ruling like…
Perhaps, I’ll be back later today with a second blog post.
Could your state still enforce OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate — even if the Supreme Court scuttles it?
Eventually **clicks refresh again on the Supreme Court’s website**, yes, eventually, the Supreme Court is going to decide whether to stay OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate a/k/a the Emergency Temporary Standard a/k/a the ETS.
If the Supreme Court enters a stay, that means the ETS is dead, right?
Well, maybe not everywhere–especially if your state has an OSHA-approved state plan.
Insurance carriers will soon have to pay for COVID-19 at-home tests — up to 8 per person per month.
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We still don’t know **clicks refresh on the Supreme Court’s website** whether the OSHA vax-or-test mandate will survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
But, in the meantime, the Biden Administration announced some big news yesterday about at-home COVID-19 tests. Continue reading
The feds are suing a company and its owner that paid a former employee’s final paycheck in pennies — about 91,500 of them.
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If this isn’t karma, friends, I don’t know what is. Continue reading
Here’s an update on the OSHA vax-or-test mandate following today’s Supreme Court oral argument
As a younger lawyer, I once told a client — right before an age discrimination trial — that winning the case would be like sinking a two-foot putt.
It’s 2022. Time for an employee handbook update. Start by adding the word “TikTok.”
A little over five years ago, TikTok, the social networking platform where users post videos ranging in length from 15 seconds to three minutes, was born. Now, I know that it’s hard to keep up with technology. But if your employee handbook doesn’t specifically reference TikTok — and I’m not just talking about your social media policy — then you, or your employees, or perhaps both, are looking for trouble.
Just ask a former flight attendant for a major airline. Continue reading
The CDC updated its COVID-19 isolation guidance (again!) to include testing. Sort of.
In an unintentionally-pervy post a few days ago, I told you that the CDC was considering amending its COVID-19 isolation guidance for asymptomatic individuals (and those with resolving symptoms) to include testing.
That change did follow. Except, here’s the thing. You can test if you want to. Or you can leave those tests behind.
It’s the safety (gui)dance. Continue reading
Here’s how the feds will try to convince the Supreme Court not to stay OSHA’s COVID-19 vax-or-test mandate
After yesterday’s blog posts, you must be somewhat perplexed. Continue reading