On January 26, 2022, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required large employers to either mandate vaccination or weekly COVID-19 testing. The ETS...more
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court blocked the emergency standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would have required employees at businesses with 100 or more...more
1/14/2022
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Workplace Safety
With OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) hanging in the balance of a special January 7, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court session, your organization should nonetheless prepare to comply with a Vaccine-or-Test COVID-19 policy. As...more
1/13/2022
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Written Notice
On December 17, 2021, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to lift the stay on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which requires private businesses with at least 100 employees to ensure that...more
On November 30, 2021, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to block the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In approving the preliminary...more
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) affects employers with 100 or more employees, requiring covered employers to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for employees to be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly testing....more
On November 4, 2021 OSHA issued the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS requires covered employers to develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an...more
11/9/2021
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