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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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2022 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Health care employment law was once again a critical focus for many legislative bodies in 2022. While much of our 2021 Year in Review focused on how states addressed the COVID-19 pandemic itself, most notably with respect to...more

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Most Federal Government Contractors Still Must Comply with President Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate

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Despite a recent court ruling covering three states, most federal government contractors still must comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ("Contractor Vaccine Mandate") included in President Biden’s Executive Order 14042,...more

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Medicare and Medicaid Participants Face Sweeping New Workplace Vaccination Rule: A 5-Step Survival Guide

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Note: This CMS Rule refenced in this Insight is separate and distinct from the OSHA ETS that was issued on November 4. Thus, although the CMS Rule could also be challenged in court, the November 6 court order blocking...more

Nossaman LLP

Can a Healthcare Provider Require Employees to Take a COVID-19 Vaccine?

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The short answer is yes, subject to certain exceptions and requirements. On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance on whether employers can require their employees to take a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Guidance Regarding Mandatory Vaccination Requirements for Employees and Residents of Long-Term Care

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Long-term care facilities have been the epicenter of COVID-19 infections and deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), nursing homes and other long-term care populations are at a high risk...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

BREAKING: EEOC Issues Guidance On COVID Vaccines

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And employers will like it. NOTE FROM ROBIN: This is the text of a Legal Bulletin that we sent out today. I am posting it here for those of you who don't subscribe to our bulletins. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...more

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Religious Accommodation in the Healthcare Industry: What to Do When an Employee’s Beliefs Clash With Job Duties

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees based on their religion, and requires employers to provide a reasonable accommodation of employees’ sincerely...more

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