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New York Ends COVID-19 Sick Leave Requirements

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/23/2025

Effective July 31, 2025, New York will no longer require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who contract COVID-19. As discussed in our prior alert, New York has required employers to provide COVID-19 leave...more

British Columbia, Canada: Arbitrator Decides Employer Could Terminate Employee Who Refused Government-Ordered Vaccination

Littler on 4/13/2022

On April 4, 2022, in Fraser Health Authority v British Columbia General Employees’ Union, 2022 CanLII 25560, Arbitrator Koml Kandola of the British Columbia Labour Relations Board dismissed the union’s grievance respecting...more

Dear Littler: How do we handle “mask shaming” when we return to work?

Littler on 3/14/2022

Dear Littler: I am the VP of Culture, Inclusion & Belonging at a mid-size firm in the financial sector. With a pending Return to Office (RTO) date for most of our workforce just a few weeks away, I want to get ahead of an...more

Enforceability of Vaccination Policies Boosted by Recent Arbitration Decision

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 2/22/2022

Since we last wrote on the topic of COVID-19 vaccination policies, another vaccination policy was upheld at arbitration, this time, requiring employees to receive a third “booster” shot against COVID-19. ...more

Mandatory Vaccines: Another Policy Upheld in Ontario

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 1/21/2022

In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, the arbitrator found that a mandatory vaccination policy requiring unvaccinated unionized employees to be placed on unpaid...more

Ontario, Canada: Another Arbitrator Upholds a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

Littler on 1/20/2022

In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 (Bunge), Arbitrator Robert J. Herman dismissed a union grievance challenging the employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...more

Biden plans to mandate COVID vaccine for private employers

Poyner Spruill LLP on 9/16/2021

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his plan to mandate private employers with 100 or more employees require all their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19....more

New Cook County Ordinance Requires Vaccination Pay for Employees

Quarles & Brady LLP on 9/7/2021

As more employers consider mandatory COVID-19 vaccination programs, companies with Illinois employees should keep in mind a new Cook County ordinance that requires paid time off, or paying an employee, for time spent getting...more

Requiring Proof of Vaccination? What You Need to Know.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 8/26/2021

In connection with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, many businesses have begun to require that employees—and sometimes contractors, volunteers and patrons—provide proof of vaccination. This may...more

Canada: British Columbia Office of the Human Rights Commissioner Provides Guidance to Employers on Vaccination Status Policies

Littler on 8/17/2021

British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) recently released A human rights approach to proof of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic (Guidance), which offers general advice on how employers and...more

Vaccinations and Masks in Dealerships: What’s Old is New Again

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2021

The CDC’s recent recommendation that people in geographic areas with substantial or high COVID transmission rates wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, has added a new wrinkle in the already challenging world...more

Lessons Learned – A COVID-19 Vaccination Recap

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/1/2021

It feels like ages ago when the COVID-19 vaccination first rolled out, and employers were scrambling with questions. But look how far we’ve come! Now, with many states easing (or eliminating) COVID-19 restrictions and opening...more

‘Do the Best’ But Mind the Myriad Laws: Grappling With COVID Vaccination Issues

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 6/11/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 6 (June 2021) - ...So begins the provocative lawsuit filed against Methodist Hospital System in Houston by 117 employees who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Despite the...more

Federal Government Says Employers Can Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines? Not So Fast…

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 6/9/2021

Many news outlets have recently reported that the federal government has indicated that employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccines. They rely on updated guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on May 28,...more

COVID-19 Vaccination Legislation Update

Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/19/2021

As states begin lifting pandemic restrictions, employers are considering ways to bring their workers back to the workplace safely. Since the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine, states across the country have been proposing...more

Littler Lightbulb: A Dose of Paid Time Off for COVID-19 Vaccinations

Littler on 4/16/2021

With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more accessible throughout the United States, but vaccination opportunities often limited to “business” hours, employers are experiencing an increase in requests for time off from work to...more

Wie setzen Arbeitgeber effektive Anreize für die Wahrnehmung von Impfangeboten?

Hogan Lovells on 4/16/2021

Unternehmen haben ein großes Interesse an der Schutzimpfung ihrer Arbeitnehmer*innen gegen Covid-19. Natürlich steht die Gesundheit dabei als höchstes Gut im Vordergrund. Flächendeckende Impfungen der eigenen Belegschaft...more

Workplace COVID-19 Vaccination Policies: To Mandate, or Not to Mandate?

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/12/2021

COVID-19 vaccines are becoming increasingly available across the United States, and businesses across the country are preparing to return to the office. However, a recent poll found that 1 in 3 Americans say that they...more

Impfen am Arbeitsplatz – Haftung des Arbeitgebers?

Hogan Lovells on 4/1/2021

Bereits in unserem Eingangsbeitrag haben wir auf die vielen Aspekte hingewiesen, um die sich der Arbeitgeber vor Impfungen am Arbeitsplatz kümmern muss. Ganz wesentliche Faktoren müssen aber vorrangig geklärt werden. ...more

Can UK Employers Require Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccinations?

Morgan Lewis on 3/9/2021

With the United Kingdom’s vaccination programme well underway, many employers are struggling with the best course of action for how to approach COVID-19 vaccines and their workforce. As mantras like “No Jab, No Job” circulate...more

Top 10 things biotech employers need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and returning to the office

Hogan Lovells on 2/16/2021

On February 2, Hogan Lovells partners Melissa Bianchi, David Horowitz, and George Ingham presented a webinar to the Biotechnical Innovation Organization (BIO) on “What Biotech Employers Need to Know about COVID Vaccines and...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

EEOC Guidance on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policies

Butler Snow LLP on 12/17/2020

As the first trucks of COVID-19 vaccines start their way around the United States, many employers are eager to return to work. The first reaction many employers have to news of FDA approvals for COVID-19 vaccines is whether...more

EEOC Releases Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine in the Workplace

Brooks Pierce on 12/17/2020

On Dec. 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its much-awaited guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine in the workplace. (See section “K. Vaccinations” at this link(link is external) for the full...more

Vaccination as a Condition of Employment: Evaluating Legal Risks of Mandatory Vaccine Policies During the Pandemic

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 12/17/2020

With coronavirus vaccines receiving their emergency use authorizations from the FDA and being rapidly rolled out, employers will need to evaluate a mandatory vaccination policy that balances employee rights with novel...more

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