1. On Friday, December 17, several states appealed the Sixth Circuit’s decision to vacate the stay on OSHA’s emergency mandatory vaccine rule (the Rule) for large employers with over 100 employees to the United States...more
On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced a new strategy to combat COVID-19, the “Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan.” This plan includes new COVID-19 safety mandates for private...more
9/24/2021
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Please join members of the White and Williams Labor and Employment Group for a webinar discussing the employment issues related to the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine(s).
In this webinar, our presenters will discuss:
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As hospitals, large healthcare providers and employers in other industries prepare for the vaccine rollout, many will institute mandatory vaccination policies for their workforce. Employers who implement mandatory vaccination...more
12/10/2020
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Workplace Safety
Months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced employers to close their workplace and send their employees home, employers are now struggling with bringing those employees back – an arduous task which is not as simple as unlocking...more
With the process of allowing non-essential businesses to reopen beginning, businesses are being confronted with numerous complex and inter-related questions on how to best proceed with restarting operations. This process will...more
In a watershed Opinion, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri refused to provide requested judicial intervention and relief regarding meat-processing plant safety issues raised by workers and...more