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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

What Should Your COVID-19 Vaccination/Test Policy Contain?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/11/2022

Every employer who employs at least 100 employees is anxiously awaiting the decision from the United States Supreme Court on OSHA’s Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). One thing that cannot be avoided...more

Mandatory Vaccination or Testing Is Back: Updates on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard for...

Brooks Pierce on 12/24/2021

On Dec. 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more...more

New York City Announces a Vaccine Mandate for All Private Employers

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 12/7/2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that will apply to all private employers in New York City. The Mayor announced the mandate as a “first in the nation measure,” and a “preemptive strike” in...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

Biden Administration Unveils New COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements for Large Businesses and Healthcare Workers

King & Spalding on 11/11/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration published two new rules governing employers with 100 or more employees and healthcare workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities that participate in Medicare and...more

Vaccination Mandate For Employees: What Employers Need To Know

Rumberger | Kirk on 11/10/2021

Be cognizant of state and federal anti-discrimination laws when enacting vaccine mandate policies - As the ongoing pandemic converges with staffing issues and efforts to increase vaccination rates, many employers have been...more

OSHA issues ETS COVID-19 Mandate for Large Private-Sector Employers

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/9/2021

In a bid to encourage vaccination among the nation’s workers to protect unvaccinated people, OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard calls for private-sector employers with more than 100 employees to mandate COVID-19...more

OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard: A Step-by-Step Guide

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/9/2021

As we initially reported on November 4, 2021, OSHA has released its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) covering private employers with 100 or more employees. While we have seen court challenges and indeed the...more

Winter Is Coming – And So Is the Emergency Temporary Standard From OSHA

UB Greensfelder LLP on 11/8/2021

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor, through its Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA), released a controversial emergency rule that details President Biden’s mandate that all medium and large employers...more

Vaccine Mandates And Vaccine Bans – Clues On Where This Ends And Making Decisions In The Interim

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/19/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced plans for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) mandating that all employers with more than 100...more

Mandatory Vaccine Guidance Issued for Federal Contractors: A Sneak Peek of What’s to Come for Private Sector Employers?

Adams and Reese LLP on 9/30/2021

President Biden’s announcement earlier this month that private sector employers with 100 or more employees will be required to have all employees either vaccinated or tested weekly has left many employers scrambling. This is...more

Employer FAQs Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandate for Federal Contractors and Large Employers (with 100 or More...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/29/2021

President Biden is ramping up measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. He announced a series of new actions on September 9, 2021, including a plan to require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their...more

Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Providers

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog on 9/16/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that the federal vaccine mandate for nursing facilities will be extended to most other healthcare workers. Unfortunately, the announcement raised more questions than it...more

Executive Orders and Vaccine Mandates

Woods Rogers on 9/16/2021

Last week, there was a flurry of activity from the Biden Administration regarding vaccine mandates among federal employees, federal contractors, and large employers (100+ employees). Not to be outdone, Virginia implemented...more

President Biden Mandates Vaccines for Tens of Millions of Workers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/14/2021

As part of a series of actions aimed at halting the spread of COVID-19, including the highly contagious Delta variant, President Biden recently announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is...more

Biden's Plan to Combat COVID-19: Significance of Vaccination/Testing Requirements for Employers

Bracewell LLP on 9/14/2021

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, as President Biden announced his new six-pronged plan to combat the continuing spread of COVID-19, he acknowledged, what was readily apparent from his actions and tone, that his “patience is...more

President Biden Issues New Vaccine Mandate For All Employers With 100 Or More Employees

Snell & Wilmer on 9/14/2021

Frustrated with a lagging rate of vaccinations, the Biden Administration decided to get out the stick since the carrot has not improved the vaccination rates to the levels that it wants to see. The Department of Labor,...more

Biden Administration Unveils Sweeping Workplace Vaccination Plan

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 9/14/2021

The Biden Administration yesterday unveiled its Path out of the Pandemic – a six-pronged plan designed to further combat COVID-19. Employers have already struggled to deal with the bevy of ever-changing COVID-19...more

Contractors, is it Time to Get the Jab?

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/13/2021

On September 9, among other measures, President Biden issued an Executive Order that will result in a mandate that contractor employees “performing on or in connection with a Federal Government contract or contract-like...more

President Biden Announces Mandatory Vaccination Requirements for Certain Employers

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/13/2021

President Biden has announced a series of measures aimed at combatting the COVID-19 pandemic which will require certain employers to set forth mandatory vaccination requirements. These measures direct the Department of...more

Biden Announces Vaccine Mandates For Large Employers, Federal Employees and Contractors, and Health Care Employers

ArentFox Schiff on 9/13/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for a significant swath of the United States workforce. The White House announced a comprehensive, six-pronged plan to combat...more

Federal Vaccine Mandate Announced for Large Employers

Harris Beach PLLC on 9/13/2021

On Thursday September 9, 2021, the Biden administration announced a COVID vaccine initiative that will require vaccinations or weekly testing for all federal contractors and for employers with at least 100 employees. The...more

President Biden and OSHA to Require Vaccine Mandate or Weekly Testing for Employers with 100+ Employees

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/13/2021

On September 9, 2021, the White House released a memorandum titled “Path Out of the Pandemic,” which detailed President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan. The memorandum contains six priorities for combatting the COVID-19...more

President Biden Calls His Shot: The New Federal Vaccine Mandate — What Does It Mean?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/13/2021

Yesterday, President Biden announced that he is entering two Executive Orders requiring COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers and contractors and that administrative agencies (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...more

President Biden Announces Expansive Action Plan to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

Rumberger | Kirk on 9/13/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Joseph Biden released his COVID-19 Action Plan titled “Path Out of the Pandemic.” President Biden’s plan is wide-ranging, and includes the following for businesses: The Department of...more

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