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Measles in 2025: Prevention, Prophylaxis, and Workplace Policies

Measles has seen a resurgence in the United States in 2025, with significant outbreaks reported, particularly in Texas and New Mexico. As of June 3, 2025, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s U.S. Measles...more

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Ontario, Canada: Another Arbitration Decision Upholds Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

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In Unifor Local 973 v Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited, 2022 CanLII 20322, Arbitrator Mark Wright made another contribution to the “weight of authority” in Ontario labour arbitration awards pertaining to mandatory COVID-19...more

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Canada: Arbitrator Finds Termination Consequences of Long-Term Care Home’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy Violated Collective...

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In Chartwell Housing REIT v. Healthcare, Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 2220, 2022CanLII 6832 (ON LA) (Chartwell), Arbitrator Gail Misra considered a provision in a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy that...more

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Enforceability of Vaccination Policies Boosted by Recent Arbitration Decision

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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

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Mandatory Vaccines: Another Policy Upheld in Ontario

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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

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

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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

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Vaccination and fundamental rights of employees

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Several employers ask employees to work from home if they cannot show a valid QR. The question is whether this is allowed? In Several employers ask employees to work from home if they cannot show a valid QR. The question is...more

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Balancing the Vaccination Equation: Frequently Asked Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines in the Workplace

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Q1: What Does It Mean to Be “Fully Vaccinated”? A1: According to the CDC, an individual is considered “fully vaccinated” fourteen (14) days after receiving the second dose in a two-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna...more

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Biden plans to mandate COVID vaccine for private employers

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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

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New Cook County Ordinance Requires Vaccination Pay for Employees

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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

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Requiring Proof of Vaccination? What You Need to Know.

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

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

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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

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

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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

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Resolving Workplace Vaccination and Mask Conflicts: 5 FAQS as Workplaces Reopen

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase in the United States and employees return to the workplace, some employers may need to face controversial issues regarding vaccinated and unvaccinated employees. Below are some...more

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Lessons Learned – A COVID-19 Vaccination Recap

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

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

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

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

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

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COVID-19 Vaccination Legislation Update

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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

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Impfen am Arbeitsplatz – Unternehmen stehen in den Startlöchern, aber es gibt Hürden

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Viele deutsche Unternehmen sind nach eigener Aussage schon bereit zum Impfen. Einige wollen eigene Impfstraßen aufsetzen, um das Impfgeschehen in ihrem Betrieb und damit auch in Deutschland voranzubringen. In vielen...more

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Employment News: health and safety, pay reporting

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First tribunal guidance on "serious and imminent" danger in context of COVID-19 - In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd the Employment Tribunal considered whether an employee had been unfairly dismissed for refusing to attend...more

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

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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

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Wie setzen Arbeitgeber effektive Anreize für die Wahrnehmung von Impfangeboten?

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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

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

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

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Impfen am Arbeitsplatz – Haftung des Arbeitgebers?

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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

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New York Enacts Vaccine Leave Law

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Executive Summary: On March 12, 2021, New York State enacted an amendment to the New York Labor Law and the New York Civil Service Law, which provides for four hours of paid leave time, per injection, to obtain a COVID-19...more

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