On January 13, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (the court), in a 5-4 per curiam decision, issued stays on injunctions issued by the Western District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Missouri against enforcement...more
1/17/2022
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On Monday, November 29, 2021, a court in the Eastern District of Missouri issued an order granting a motion for a preliminary injunction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) interim final rule (the Rule),...more
The Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance on August 13, 2021, to assist employers in protecting workers who are unvaccinated or otherwise at risk of contracting the virus. The guidance...more
Virtually every employer in the United States is having to grapple with how to respond to employment-related issues as a consequence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To assist employers, we have prepared an FAQ...more
3/21/2020
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OSHA recently announced it will no longer bring union representatives to inspections of non-unionized workplaces. As a result, barring a designation by an employee (which I'll discuss further below), non-unionized employers...more