Employers with 100 or more employees should continue to develop policies requiring workers either to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to submit to weekly testing and other safety requirements, in the expectation that...more
11/9/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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State and Local Government ,
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Vaccinations ,
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The workplace safety framework in the United States is difficult to navigate at its best. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 global health emergency, employers have faced increasingly complex challenges involving...more
2/25/2021
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Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Vaccinations ,
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Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
The United States is currently experiencing the largest surge in COVID-19 cases since the global health emergency began. In the past several weeks, the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted emergency-use...more
12/30/2020
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Canada ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
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Workplace Safety
On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (once again) modified its standard for determining whether employees have been lawfully disciplined or discharged after making abusive or offensive statements,...more