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Key Takeaways for Employers as Tuberculosis Cases Surge in Kansas

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An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming health officials and the general public, and you might be wondering how your workforce could be impacted or how you should respond. We’ll explain what employers need to...more

Burr & Forman

The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Clarifies Work-Relatedness of Employee Injuries While Traveling

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In this episode of The Burr Broadcast, Natalie Ecker Phillips examines the recent guidance provided by OSHA regarding the work-relatedness of employee injuries or illnesses while traveling....more

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Public Health Emergency No More: Pitfalls Employers Should Avoid While Easing Their COVID-Era Policies

After more than three years, both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have ended their classification of COVID-19 as a public/global health emergency. In conjunction...more

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Caging the Kraken: 4 Steps for Employers to Curb the Spread of COVID’s Most Contagious Mutation

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As we enter the new year, and the fourth year of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate. Two new Omicron subvariants, known as XBB and XBB.1.5 – unofficially nicknamed “Kraken” by some scientists – have emerged...more

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The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from October 2022

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

COVID-19 Policy Updates and Implications for the Workplace

On August 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated COVID-19 guidance “to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to...more

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The New BA.5 Subvariant Is a Reminder for Employers the Perils of COVID-19 Aren’t Going Away: Your 4-Step Plan

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With the uptick in the COVID-19 positivity rate due to the emerging dominance of the BA.5 variant – thought to be the most transmissible yet – beleaguered employers once again find themselves in the position of confronting...more

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“Strait” Talk for Employers on COVID-19 Compliance After OSHA Pulls Short-lived Vaccine ETS

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After federal workplace safety officials withdrew the emergency temporary standard that would have forced larger employers to either mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or require each unvaccinated worker to be tested each week,...more

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A Roadmap for the New Normal in the Workplace Under COVID-19

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February 1, 2022 Many businesses throughout the West Coast will soon start the process of phased returning to the workplace or have already welcomed employees back to workplaces to some extent. This requires employers to take...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

After Scotus Ruling On Vax Mandate, What’s Next For Employers?

On Jan. 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted an emergency request for relief staying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), requiring all employers with...more

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Forecast: January 2022 Edition

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Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

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A SCOTUS Stay of OSHA's "Vax or Test" Rule: What Does It Mean for Independent Schools?

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As we previously wrote, on September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a strategy to combat COVID-19 that, among other things, directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary...more

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For Human Resources Professionals, 2022 is Starting Out with a Bang

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In the world of labor law, the holidays usually bring some sense of calm to the frenetic events of human resources. With employers and employees taking a rest for religious holidays and the New Year’s celebrations, the pace...more

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Updates Relating to OSHA’s Emergency Vaccination/Testing Requirements for Employers with 100 or More Employees and the CDC’s New...

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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 7, 2022 - As detailed in our prior alert, following the revival of the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing and masking requirement for...more

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Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

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Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

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CDC’s Latest Guidance Shortens Quarantine Duration for Some COVID-19 Positive Individuals

On December 27, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendation for lengths of quarantine and isolation in light of what is currently known about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant....more

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Court Affirms Stay of OSHA Vaccinate-or-Test Emergency Temporary Standard

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In a very strongly worded 22-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed its earlier stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) calling for employee vaccination or weekly testing...more

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Employers Face Whipsaw from Shifting Stays on OSHA Vaccine Rule

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The Fifth Circuit’s decision temporarily suspending OSHA’s “vaccine-or-test” mandate is the first of what could be more stay decisions to come, say Hogan Lovells’ Sean Marotta, George Ingham, and Amy Kett. They explain how...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: A COVID-19 Employment Law Update

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Evandro Gigante and Steve Hurd discuss key developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, including employer vaccination policies, the forthcoming OSHA emergency temporary...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

OSHA Issues Highly Anticipated Emergency Rule Requiring Most Private Employers to Implement a Mandatory Vaccination Policy

On October 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), stating that employers with 100 or more employees must implement a mandatory...more

Payne & Fears

New OSHA Vaccination Requirements For Employers With 100 Or More Employees (And Additional Advice for California Employers)

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On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his COVID-19 Action Plan. The Action Plan called on the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to develop a rule requiring all employers...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

OSHA’s Vax or Test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is Here

On Nov. 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all employers with 100 or more employees, with a few exceptions, to mandate vaccination or...more

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OSHA Issues Emergency Vaccine Regulation Affecting Large Employers

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As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021 alert, in Sept. 20 and Sept. 23 FAQs, and in Sept. 27 and Oct. 18 alerts, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates have three main...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

OSHA’s Emergency Vaccination Rule: What Employers Need to Know

Earlier today, as directed by the Biden administration, OSHA announced an emergency rule requiring vaccination or weekly testing for companies with 100 or more employees. There are multiple aspects of OSHA’s emergency rule...more

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OSHA Releases Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Rule

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released this morning the much-awaited text of its emergency temporary rule regarding mandatory workplace vaccination and testing for the COVID-19 virus. The rule is...more

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