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The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 3, March 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/2/2025

Welcome to our third issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address new case law impacting contract provisions in South Carolina, construction-related pricing and tariffs, the new administration's effect on...more

The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 12, December 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/20/2024

Welcome to our year-end issue of The Site Report! As always, the construction industry is ever-changing and is impacted by extreme weather, new technology, labor issues, material and supply chain restraints, and code changes....more

#WorkforceWednesday: Independent Contractor Rule Reinstated, OFCCP Targets Pay Equity Audits, OSHA Focuses on Health Care...

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/23/2022

This week, we look at a range of developments shifting the enforcement approach across federal agencies and how employers can comply with these shifts. Texas Court Reinstates DOL Independent Contractor Rule A district...more

As the Federal Vaccine Mandates Fall One by One, Employers Are Left to Navigate a Maze of Uncertainty Amid State and Local Laws

Venable LLP on 2/4/2022

In September 2021, President Biden announced a series of emergency worker protection regulations to combat surging positive test rates caused by the COVID-19 Delta variant. On September 9, 2021, the White House issued...more

Labor and Employment Law: What’s New in 2022

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/30/2021

Although the first of January is ultimately just another day in the grand scheme of things, many of us attach a special significance to it. It is a day where we symbolically leave our problems behind and press forward to see...more

District Court Puts Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate on Hold Across the Country

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/13/2021

On Tuesday, a federal district court in Georgia issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the mandatory vaccination provisions of executive order 14042 from taking effect. The order would have required employees of...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

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

UPDATE - Status of Implementation of the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Workplace Rules

Williams Mullen on 12/2/2021

Many employers are struggling with the seemingly ever-shifting rules and requirements relating to COVID-19 vaccines. Indeed, although the Biden Administration initiated three sweeping rules earlier this Fall - one applicable...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

November Ends With Flurry of Litigation Regarding Various COVID Vaccine Mandates

Benesch on 12/1/2021

As November came to an end, federal courts across the country continue to examine and issue preliminary rulings on challenges to various COVID vaccine mandates put in place by the Biden Administration. At the beginning of...more

Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate: What Government Contractors Need to Know

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/19/2021

The implementation of President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order regarding COVID-19 vaccine and safe workplace requirements for federal contractors has caused confusion and prompted numerous questions from federal...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

Executive Order 14042 Survival Guide

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/17/2021

On September 9, 2021, the President issued Executive Order 14042, which applies new rules – including vaccination mandates – to Federal contractors and subcontractors. EO 14042 does not include a weekly testing option and is...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

OSHA announces emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 vaccination and testing

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/8/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) on workplace safety and coronavirus. The ETS is in response to President Biden’s directive in...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

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Issues Additional Guidance on COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

Burr & Forman on 11/3/2021

On November 1, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued additional guidance for federal contractors with respect to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 safety protocols. The new guidance is available on the Safer...more

Updates to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force’s Guidance for Contractors Aim to Provide Some Clarity Concerning Accommodations

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/26/2021

WHAT: On October 21, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force posted new Q-and-A guidance relevant to contractors covered by Executive Order (EO) 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors....more

Vaccine Mandates are Becoming the Rule and Not the Exception: What Employers Need to Know

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/20/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into a state of uncertainty and life-threatening risk with ever changing health and safety recommendations and mandates. The alleged “two weeks” that it would take to combat the virus has...more

Vaccine Mandate for Government Contractors: Guidance and FAR Class Deviation Bring Clarity and Questions

ArentFox Schiff on 10/14/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, "Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors," that directed agencies to include a clause in new contracts, options, and extensions...more

The FAR and DFARS Deviation Clauses Directing COVID Vaccine and Other Protocols for Government Contractors: So, What Do They Mean...

Williams Mullen on 10/13/2021

As indicated in our September 10, 2021 alert, the Federal Government has now issued Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) deviation clauses implementing the...more

COVID-19 Developments for Federal Contractors and New York Employers

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/7/2021

HERO Act Plans Remain In “Active” Status for New York State Employers On September 6, 2021, New York’s Commissioner of Health designated COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease under the Health and Essential Rights Act...more

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