Update (Jan. 15, 2022): After the Jan. 14, 2022, publication of this alert, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued updated guidance to State Survey Agency directors providing 30 days (by Feb. 13) for facilities...more
1/17/2022
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On Jan. 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request for relief regarding one of the two Biden administration COVID-19 employee vaccine mandates on appeal before the Court...more
1/14/2022
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On late Friday Dec. 17, 2021 a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers, lifting the Fifth Circuit’s earlier stay...more
On Dec. 7, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a motion for preliminary injunction in State of Georgia v. Biden, temporarily halting enforcement of President Biden’s federal contractor /...more
On Nov. 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted a motion for preliminary injunction in Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al. v. Biden, et al., finding that President Biden’s broad authority...more
Utah and Florida recently enacted legislation that impacts employers’ ability to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. On Nov. 16, 2021, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law Utah S.B. 2004. Two days later, on Nov....more
Tennessee and Alabama recently enacted legislation that impacts employers’ ability to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. On Nov. 12, 2021, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation that prohibits many...more
As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021 alert and Sept. 20, 2021 FAQs, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” COVID-19 action plan is big on concept but thin on details pending yet-to-be-issued regulations. There is,...more
9/24/2021
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As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021, alert, President Biden’s broad six-part strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is raising many questions for employers. While employers await the much-anticipated regulations, a...more
On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden announced a broad six-part strategy to combat COVID-19 at the federal level, including extensive new vaccination and testing requirements for large private employers, certain federal...more