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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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Explaining the Current Law on Vaccine Mandates

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Given the slow progress of civil litigation in the U.S., federal courts continue to hear challenges to employer vaccination mandates imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to 2023, employers generally held the upper hand...more

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Second Circuit Rejects Religious Discrimination Claim Based on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

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In last term’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly increased employers’ obligation to consider religious exemption requests under Title VII. Rather than the previous de minimus burden standard,...more

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DOL Issues, Then Withdraws, Updated Guidance on Compensability of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Time

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The list of laws and regulations governing vaccinations and testing is growing and changing at a frenetic pace. Employers can add U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) guidance on the compensability of time spent undergoing testing...more

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A Mad Dog’s Promenade: New York City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Employers

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Week after week, this publication has been producing informative pieces on COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace – see here, here, and here – and for good reason. Employers (and employees) have been grappling with a...more

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The COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate: CMS is Ready for Enforcement ... in Half of the United States

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Despite continuing disputes as to the legality and enforcement of the CMS vaccine mandate for certified providers and suppliers, CMS has indicated it will proceed with enforcement of the mandate in those states where it is...more

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U.S. Supreme Court To Review Vaccine Mandates

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Following the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel handing down a split decision reinstating the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) vaccination mandate, numerous emergency applications were filed with...more

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Mandatory Vaccination or Testing Is Back: Updates on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard for...

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On Dec. 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more...more

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Sixth Circuit Reinstates OSHA's Vax-or-Test Mandate: Impact on Employers and Healthcare Providers

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In the latest twist in the OSHA Vax-or-Test saga, the Sixth Circuit terminated the nationwide injunction of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), clearing the way for OSHA to begin enforcing the Vax-or-Test ETS. OSHA...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Sixth Circuit Gives Employers Lump of Coal for Christmas, Dissolves Stay of OSHA Vaccine ETS

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 vaccination and testing for...more

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Accommodating Requests for Religious Exemption to Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements: EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical...

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Earlier this week, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 Technical Assistance. This time to address how Title VII applies when an applicant or employee requests a religious exception to an employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. ...more

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EEOC Updates Religious Accommodation and Vaccine Mandate Guidance

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The EEOC has updated its technical guidance and answers in a document entitled What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws. The updated guidance adds six religious...more

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Mandated Vaccines: Denying Requests for Religious Accommodation in the Name of Safety

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Mandatory Vaccination Policies are on the Rise - On August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. In the days that followed (and encouraged by President...more

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Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update

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Downs Rachlin Martin labor and employment attorneys Amy Resnick and Andrea Wright highlight key Vermont and Federal legislative updates from 2020 that impact HR professionals. They walk through: Vermont minimum wage...more

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