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

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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

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2022 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

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Health care employment law was once again a critical focus for many legislative bodies in 2022. While much of our 2021 Year in Review focused on how states addressed the COVID-19 pandemic itself, most notably with respect to...more

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Update on COVID-19 Vaccination Accommodations Under Title VII

Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court in Biden v. Missouri, 595 U. S. ____ (2022) provided clarity for hospitals and healthcare facilities when it preliminarily upheld a vaccine mandate for health care workers...more

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What Do the Supreme Court’s Decisions on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Mean for the American Workforce?

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On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down one federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate (on large employers) while leaving another (on federally funded healthcare facilities) intact. On balance, these decisions curb...more

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CMS’ Phase 1 Deadline for Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect for Certain States Tomorrow

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Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Missouri, CMS will require several states to be compliant with the “Phase 1” requirements of its Interim Final Rule (“IFC”) as of January 27, 2022. These states include...more

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COVID-19 Policies and US Employers: Charting a Path Forward

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The legal landscape around COVID-19 policies and vaccine mandates in the workplace continues to shift under the feet of US employers. With the January 13 US Supreme Court ruling on the OSHA and CMS vaccine rules, and...more

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Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses – Allows It for Certain Healthcare Workers

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On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decisions on the Biden vaccine mandates.  Specifically, two mandates were at issue: (1) the mandate that all employers with over 100 employees...more

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Supreme Court Blocks OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Standard for Private Employers

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In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday afternoon blocked the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) promulgated by the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (“OSHA”), portions of which had gone into effect...more

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Supreme Court Blocks OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate but Allows CMS Vaccination Mandate for Most Health Care Workers

Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden Administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers, known as the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), which we wrote about here.  The Court held that the federal agency...more

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Could Thursday Be the Day? SCOTUS Signals Vaccine Decisions Might Be Released Later this Week

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The Supreme Court may have just tipped its hand as to when employers can expect to learn the fate of both the OSHA Vaccine ETS and the CMS Healthcare Vaccine Mandate. SCOTUS released its updated calendar for the remainder of...more

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Vaccine Mandate Challenges

While President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate officially took effect today, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard two rounds of arguments concerning two of the three hotly contested...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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Rapid Developments for OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

One in, one out, one in again. One in: Employers with 100 employees or more should be prepared to comply with OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) that would require them to have their employees fully vaccinated or...more

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Vaccine Showdown at the Supreme Court: Lawyers Preview and Predict Outcome of Pivotal Battle

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Perhaps no workplace law issue has generated more controversy in recent memory than the battle over the Biden administration’s vaccine rules currently being waged at the Supreme Court. The good news? By accelerating the...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Consolidated Appeals on Vaccine Mandates on January 7, 2022

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While the Supreme Court declined to stay the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ employees or to change the status of the rule issued by the Centers for...more

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The Legal Challenges to the OSHA ETS and CMS Vaccine Mandate move to the Supreme Court

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On December 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued orders granting review of legal challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary...more

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Circuits Split on CMS Vaccine Mandate, Highlighting “Great Significance” of Issue as It Heads to Supreme Court

Three circuit court decisions issued in the past two weeks have considered the CMS vaccine mandate, bringing the issue – and similar vaccine mandate lawsuits – to the Supreme Court in the final weeks of the year. The CMS...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandate – Ban Lifted In 26 States

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In the never-ending saga of the vaccine mandate imposed for health care workers by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the government had a favorable result today. CMS suspended its vaccine mandate pending...more

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Federal OSHA ETS, Federal Contractor, and CMS Funding Linked Vaccine Mandates Update

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Federal vaccine mandates are facing new developments. Two of the three federal vaccine mandates are under injunction in all states (and therefore temporarily unenforceable) with the third under injunction in three states....more

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The "Maine" Takeaway from the First Circuit's Decision to Uphold Maine's Healthcare Vaccination Mandate

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Employers across the nation, especially those in the healthcare industry, continue to grapple with ever-changing and complex state and federal legislation regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. On 19 October 2021, the U.S. Court of...more

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Additional Pushback from Certain States on Governmental and Private Employer Vaccine Mandates

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Certain states are continuing to prohibit or severely curb the ability of private employers to mandate that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. In just 10 days since our most recent update, several additional states...more

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Evaluating Religious Exemption Requests Under the CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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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

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A Few Clarifications About the CMS Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule

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As we described in our recent client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently mandated that (almost) all health care workers in federally regulated facilities are vaccinated, pursuant to a...more

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Federal OSHA Threatening to Pull the Plug on State Plans Refusing to Enforce Healthcare ETS

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Many states have Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-approved workplace safety and health programs (OSHA State Plans) and enjoy enforcement autonomy over workplace safety and health in those states,...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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