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Here’s some big news for workplaces.
(Looks like I’ll be a busy dude this week updating employer COVID-19 workplace policies and procedures.)
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OSHA updated its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Frequently Asked Questions.
Perhaps it was the Philadelphia Eagles 34-10 thrashing of the New York Giants yesterday, or maybe it’s just my love for employment law blogging — nah, probably the former — that has energized me to add a post today during the final week of 2021. Continue reading
The Supreme Court will not rule on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate until after it takes effect on Jan. 4
When the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), the January 4, 2022 compliance deadline became real again. Continue reading
Let’s play a game. How well do you know your state’s stance on OSHA’s COVID-19 vax-or-test mandate?
The ink is barely dry from Friday’s Sixth Circuit 2-1 decision to lift the stay of OSHA’s vaccine-or-test COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). And petitions to block the mandate are flying into the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Meanwhile, another federal appellate court refused to lift the nationwide stay of the federal contractor vaccine mandate
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Ferris Bueller was on to something there. Continue reading
Why might OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate be legal after all? And what should employers be doing about it?
ICYMI, on Friday evening, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved the stay of OSHA’s vax-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). You can read a copy of the full opinion here. Continue reading
And just like that, the CMS vaccine mandate is back on in 26 states. Ok, 25 states. Maybe.
On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — the same federal appellate court that stayed OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard — breathed new life into another federal vaccine mandate. I’m talking about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services healthcare COVID-19 vaccine mandate (the “CMS Rule”). Continue reading
One of the Sixth Circuit judges couldn’t resist sharing his two cents on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate
As the business community patiently awaits a ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on whether the Fifth Circuit correctly stayed the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard, we did get a significant Sixth Circuit ruling yesterday. Continue reading
And now ALL of the federal COVID-19 mandates for private sector employers are STAYED
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(For private sector employers, at least.) Continue reading