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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, July 28, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 7/30/2025

PA NIOSH Employees Uncertain About Their Future- The United States Supreme Court handed the Trump Administration a victory, allowing the President to conduct mass firings at federal agencies. Now, Pittsburgh-area employees...more

The Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Are Barely Hanging On

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 1/31/2022

The vaccine mandates President Biden announced on September 9 have not aged well. Two are enjoined nationwide and a skeptical Supreme Court so undermined one that the government withdrew it, at least for the immediate future....more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked in Nationwide Injunction

Perkins Coie on 12/13/2021

On December 7, 2021, a federal district court in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction blocking the federal contractor vaccine mandate and other protocols. In a 28-page decision, the district court determined that the...more

Staying Current on the Stays, Updates on Federal Vaccine Mandates, and the Alabama Vaccine Exemption Law

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/9/2021

As we are sure you have heard, many people are not all that psyched about the federal government mandating that employees get vaccinated. Just to keep everyone on the same page in these ever-changing times, here is a quick...more

Executive Order 14042 - Update 12.0 U.S. District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/9/2021

Federal contractors and subcontractors across the country were forced to rethink their COVID-safety efforts when, on December 7, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia enjoined enforcement of Executive...more

COVID-19 Developments for Federal Contractors…

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/8/2021

[Editor's Note (12/07/21): A second court―the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia―has issued an injunction halting enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate on a nationwide basis. The district...more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide

Butler Snow LLP on 12/8/2021

A federal judge in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction blocking Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The case is Georgia v. Biden, S.D. Ga., No. 21-cv-00163, 12/7/21. The mandate was set to take effect on...more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Butler Snow LLP on 12/2/2021

On November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order granting a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the vaccine mandate for federal contractors set forth in...more

Federal Courts Freeze Federal Contractor and CMS Vaccine Mandates

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 12/2/2021

Preliminary injunction blocks vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors - On November 30, 2021, The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a preliminary injunction preventing the...more

Stay Issued for Federal Vaccine Mandates

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 12/2/2021

Originally published 11/08/21. Updated 12/01/21. As expected, the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) faced immediate legal challenge, and on Saturday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay blocking the...more

OMB Attempts to Plug Holes in the Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/18/2021

Likely in response to the flurry of litigation challenging the government contractor vaccine mandate, on November 16 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a new notice of determination and request for comments...more

OSHA Suspends ETS Enforcement in Wake of Fifth Circuit’s Latest Jab at Vaccine Rule, But Future Remains Uncertain

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/16/2021

The saga of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) newly announced COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) continues. As you know, the ETS requires employers with 100 or more employees to mandate...more

OSHA Issues “Vaccine or Test” Requirement for Large Employers Throughout the US

White & Case LLP on 11/9/2021

On November 4, 2021, the federal Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (the “ETS”). The ETS implements the additional measures to encourage...more

OSHA Issues Long-Awaited Emergency Standards to Implement Vaccine/Testing Mandate for Large Employers

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/9/2021

On November 4, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited emergency standards to implement President Biden’s Vaccine/Testing Mandate for businesses with 100 or more...more

Potential SEC Disclosure Considerations Related to Vaccine Mandates

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/9/2021

As you have inevitably read about, in September 2021, the Biden administration instructed the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to write a rule that would generally require employers...more

Deadline for Compliance with Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Extended to January 4, 2022

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/4/2021

In welcome news for government contractors, the government contractor vaccine mandate continues to soften. In a statement issued by the White House this morning, the deadline for complying with the mandate will be extended...more

Executive Order 14042: Survival Guide for Federal Contractors - (An Analysis of What We Know, What We Think, and What We Don’t...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/8/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to implement COVID safety protocols for Federal service contractors and subcontractors. While the EO did not outline specific rules, it did direct a Federal...more

Federal Vaccine Mandates – What We Know and What We Don’t

Verrill on 10/5/2021

On September 9, President Biden announced plans to require that federal workers, federal contractors, and employees of employers with 100 or more employees are vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19. The Occupational Safety...more

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