Amid a flurry of executive orders starting his second administration, President Donald Trump issued an order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”) on January 21, 2025....more
1/27/2025
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In the fall of 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042 (EO 14042), which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be...more
According to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), since 2019, Will Evans, a reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting, has sought the Employment Information Report (EEO-1) data of federal...more
Last year, President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making June 19, the celebration of the end of slavery, a federal holiday. The second Juneteenth National Independence Day is fast approaching....more
On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). This halts OSHA’s enforcement of...more
1/20/2022
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Healthcare Workers ,
Joe Biden ,
OSH Act ,
OSHA ,
SCOTUS ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
At the direction of the Biden administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule (CMS Rule) on November 5, 2021, requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care...more
11/11/2021
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Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
OSHA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Vaccinations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its highly anticipated draft COVID-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard (Vaccine ETS) yesterday. As anticipated, the rule requires most employers with...more
11/8/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
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Exempt-Employees ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
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Masks ,
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Religious Exemption ,
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Vaccinations ,
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