The U.S. Supreme Court today reached split decisions on the so-called vaccination mandates issued, respectively, by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
1/14/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Biden v Missouri ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Lack of Authority ,
National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
OSHA ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral argument on applications to stay both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandates. As in prior cases...more
The litigation over federal vaccine mandates has encountered its latest dramatic twist. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Jan. 7, 2022, on whether to stay lower-court decisions on the Occupational Health and...more
OSHA published an ETS on Nov. 5, 2021, that applies to employers in all workplaces that are under OSHA's authority and jurisdiction that have more than 100 employees companywide. The ETS requires, with certain exceptions,...more
12/20/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Masks ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Order to Lift Stay ,
OSHA ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Stays ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
OSHA published an ETS on Nov. 5, 2021, that applies to employers in all workplaces that are under OSHA's authority and jurisdiction that have more than 100 employees firmwide or companywide. The ETS requires, with certain...more
On Nov. 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) on COVID-19 vaccination and testing. The Fifth...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Aug. 13, 2021, updated its advisory guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace for both vaccinated and unvaccinated workers...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on June 10, 2021, issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to address the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact on the workplace. The...more
Employers are potentially eligible for a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA PPP loan application requires borrowers to certify that they are, to...more
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Jan. 21, 2021, directed at the health and safety of American workers and workplace safety. Within days, on Jan. 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released reopening guidance for businesses deemed "non-essential" by local authorities. This guidance, released on June 18, 2020, was developed to supplement OSHA's...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the reality of workplace safety and corresponding industry standards. Employers face dramatically different workplace challenges and resulting new obligations regarding safety precautions and...more
Following the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), federal agencies published new and revised guidance that address employers' obligations to protect the health and safety of their employees (which may also include...more
The fluid and fast-changing impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with an ever-increasing number of diagnosed cases, has left many employers wondering what their obligations are to the Occupational Safety and Health...more
On Jan. 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) final rule takes effect requiring employers to notify OSHA within eight hours, when an employee is killed on the job; and...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s corporate-wide settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor ("settlement") on August 7, 2013. The announcement was made by...more
In a recent case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) and held that an employer is not automatically liable for the health...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a citation to Integra Health Management, Inc., finding that the company violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act in connection with the stabbing...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) groundbreaking revisions to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) are now final. OSHA’s central purpose in making its major modifications is to align the HCS with...more