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Wave of Deregulation Hits DOL: What Employers Need to Know About the 60+ Rules on the Chopping Block

Fisher Phillips on 7/9/2025

The U.S. Department of Labor just quietly launched one of the most sweeping deregulatory efforts in recent memory, advancing over 60 proposals that could reshape workplace rules across industries. From overtime and minimum...more

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2025

Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

California Employment Laws Related to States of Emergency

BakerHostetler on 1/16/2025

Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Trump

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2024

Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

Littler on 6/21/2024

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

Cal/OSHA Approves Non-Emergency COVID-19 Standard In Time for the Holidays

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/16/2022

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) approved the long-proposed 2-year “permanent” COVID-19 standard. The new standard will take effect on January 1,...more

New York City COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Dealt a Fatal Blow

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/2/2022

On October 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, upheld a challenge to New York City’s vaccine mandate for public-sector employees, ordered the immediate reinstatement of and back pay...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Stays OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate: What It Means For Employers

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 1/18/2022

On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court stayed the vaccine-or-test mandate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) for private sector employers with 100 or more employees. This...more

Supreme Court Strikes Down OSHA’s Vaccine ETS: An Employer’s 6-Step Priority List

Fisher Phillips on 1/13/2022

The Supreme Court just blocked OSHA’s vaccine ETS from being enforced for the foreseeable future, meaning your compliance to-do list has gotten significantly shorter – but it has by no means disappeared. While today’s 6 to 3...more

COVID-19 Testing Coverage Requirements for Group Health Plans and Insurers to Take Effect on January 15, 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/12/2022

Employer health plans and health insurers will be required to cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests, even without a health care provider’s order or an individualized clinical assessment, and generally without cost...more

OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandate for Certain Private Employers is Back in Effect

Cole Schotz on 12/20/2021

On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an Order that dissolved the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...more

Will It Stay or Will It Go? OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 11/29/2021

In the ever-changing COVID-19 landscape, enforcement of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) remains uncertain. On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate: Important Dates for Covered Contractors

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/22/2021

In response to the Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan announced by President Biden on September 9, and Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (the “Order”), signed...more

Court Declines To Enjoin Employer’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/30/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: As the COVID-19 era continues to unfold, many employers have adopted back-to-work polices that include mandatory vaccinations for their employees. In Beckerich, et al. v. St. Elizabeth Medical Center, et...more

President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan—What Employers Want to Know

Littler on 9/15/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden released his COVID-19 Action Plan, Path Out of the Pandemic (the “Plan”). The Plan mandates vaccination against COVID-19 for employees working for employers that have 100 or more...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

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

COVID-19 Vaccination in the EU and the U.S.: The Employer Perspective

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/28/2021

As COVID-19 vaccination roll-outs become more widespread in the United States and the European Union, employers should proactively consider the impact of vaccinations on return to work policies and practices. The extent to...more

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders, as of June 2, 2020

Littler on 6/2/2020

Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers...more

Employers Beware: Preparing for the Inevitable Flood of COVID-Related Lawsuits

Payne & Fears on 5/27/2020

As states lift their “stay-at-home” orders, employers who have struggled to survive the economic toll of the COVID-19 crisis now face a new threat: uncertain legal liability in a post-COVID market. As we transition away from...more

ADA Implications: I Don’t Want To Wear A Mask….

Amundsen Davis LLC on 5/11/2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen multiple shifts in views by the public and employees. Initially, the issue was what to do if an employee requested a face mask...more

Top 10 Things All Employers Need To Know About Autonomous Vehicles

Fisher Phillips on 10/1/2018

We’re living at a time when a unique convergence of multiple trends is ensuring that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will soon change life as we know it. On the technology side, vehicles are trending towards being electrified and...more

OSHA Update: Court of Appeals Upholds Employer's Criminal Liability and Maximum Fine in Employee's Death

Littler on 7/30/2018

On July 17, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a verdict that had found an employer criminally liable for an employee's fatal fall. ...more

California Supreme Court Allows Unfair Competition and False Advertising Claims Against Employer Arising From Workplace Accident

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 4/24/2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision held that employees can sue their employers for workplace safety violations under the State’s consumer protection laws. See Solus Industrial Innovations, Inc. v. Superior Court of...more

Foreman’s Ignorance of OSHA Rules is No Defense to “Willful” Violation

Saul Ewing LLP on 4/9/2018

A recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit held that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) was justified in assessing a “willful” safety violation–the agency’s most serious citation–against an HVAC...more

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