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Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions
Given the slow progress of civil litigation in the U.S., federal courts continue to hear challenges to employer vaccination mandates imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to 2023, employers generally held the upper hand...more
On April 25, 2022, South Carolina enacted a statute aimed at curtailing employers’ ability to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. To start, the Act absolutely bans state and local governments from requiring...more
To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding updated timelines for compliance...more
On December 13, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a decision upholding New York state’s recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The plaintiffs challenged the mandate based on its lack of...more
Following such states as California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon, Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee has issued Proclamation 21-14.3 to require certain workers be fully vaccinated against...more
In light of the CMS Interim Final Rule (“Interim Rule”) published on November 5, 2021, qualifying healthcare facilities have been tasked with implementing policies and procedures that ensure their staff are fully vaccinated...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an interim final rule requiring that all staff working in Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facilities be vaccinated against COVID-19. The rule took effect on Friday and...more
Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)’s new vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, facilities must draft and implement policies and procedures by December 6, 2021 to ensure covered personnel are fully...more
On November 6, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked enforcement of the OSHA vaccination-or-testing rule. Citing “grave statutory and constitutional issues” with the rule, a three-judge panel issued the...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) establishing the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff employed at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers....more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an emergency regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the CMS reimbursement...more
The plaintiffs were not likely to succeed in showing their individual interests in remaining unvaccinated outweighed Oregon’s interest in public health and welfare to slow the spread of COVID-19, U.S. District Court Judge...more
On Tuesday, Oct. 12, Judge David N. Hurd of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York granted a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Health (DOH) from enforcing a recent COVID-19 vaccination...more
In September, 40 current and former employees of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Kentucky sued the privately-owned hospital over its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, alleging violations of their constitutional rights,...more
In what is likely to be just the first of many court challenges to private employer COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a United States District Court judge in Kentucky refused to stop a hospital from requiring its employees...more
The New York State Health Department’s Vaccine Mandate, adopted on August 26, requires personnel at general hospitals and nursing homes to have at least their first COVID-19 vaccination dose by September 27. Personnel at...more
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released a new administrative rule following Governor Kate Brown’s recent announcement that Oregon’s vaccination requirement for healthcare workers will no longer offer a testing alternative....more
Following on the heels of an executive order by Oregon’s governor requiring full vaccination for teachers, staff and volunteers in K12 schools, the Oregon Health Authority yesterday issued a new rule requiring that healthcare...more
Just before the Memorial Day holiday, we had a “breaking news” bulletin about the revised guidance published Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about employers’ and employees’ rights when it came to...more
In its latest update to informal guidance on COVID-19 vaccination issues, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) addressed vaccination mandates, incentives, and confidentiality, among other topics...more
Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of...more
Now that COVID-19 vaccinations are rolling out across New York state and beyond, can health care providers require employees to receive the vaccine - especially when this layer of protection may enhance their capability to...more
‘Tis the season to be jolly! This holiday season may be merrier if the recently announced COVID-19 vaccination candidates obtain approval and/or authorization for use in preventing COVID-19 by the U.S. Food and Drug...more
Flu season is coming, and healthcare (and other) organizations may be asking whether they should have mandatory flu vaccine policies. If an employer decides to implement a mandatory program, the next question is how to...more