What You Need to Know-
•The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of OSHA’s requirement mandating that certain private employers require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to weekly...more
1/19/2022
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What You Should Know-
•OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or regular testing for employees that do not choose to vaccinate....more
11/24/2021
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As we have previously advised, employers may be required to accommodate employees with certain medical conditions that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has identified as carrying a higher risk of contracting COVID-19,...more
5/18/2020
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has explicitly determined COVID-19 to be a direct threat to the workplace, as noted in our March 24, 2020 Client Alert. On March 27, 2020, the EEOC issued additional...more
4/8/2020
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) official declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic has a significant impact on employer and employee rights and obligations in the workplace under various state and federal...more
3/25/2020
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