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Tenure Elimination Gains Traction in Texas

For over 100 years, tenure has provided the security of an indefinite academic appointment to professors across the United States. Tenure is a lifetime contract between institutions of higher education and their faculty that...more

U.S. Department of Education Launches Secret Shoppers Program to Investigate Colleges and Universities

Federal Student Aid’s Office of Enforcement announced a “secret shoppers” program as one of many tools to evaluate a college or university’s recruitment, enrollment, financial aid and other practices. The secret shoppers...more

Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Remains Paused, Pending Guidance

Last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Executive Order 14042. On Aug. 26, 2022, as...more

Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction

Last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Executive Order 14042. On Aug. 26, 2022, the U.S....more

What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?

Update (Jan. 15, 2022): After the Jan. 14, 2022, publication of this alert, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued updated guidance to State Survey Agency directors providing 30 days (by Feb. 13) for facilities...more

Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates

On Jan. 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request for relief regarding one of the two Biden administration COVID-19 employee vaccine mandates on appeal before the Court...more

Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of OSHA Emergency Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers

On late Friday Dec. 17, 2021 a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers, lifting the Fifth Circuit’s earlier stay...more

Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Halting Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

On Dec. 7, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a motion for preliminary injunction in State of Georgia v. Biden, temporarily halting enforcement of President Biden’s federal contractor /...more

Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Three States

On Nov. 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted a motion for preliminary injunction in Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al. v. Biden, et al., finding that President Biden’s broad authority...more

New Utah and Florida Laws Restrict Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates

Utah and Florida recently enacted legislation that impacts employers’ ability to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. On Nov. 16, 2021, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law Utah S.B. 2004. Two days later, on Nov....more

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About OSHA’s Emergency Vaccine Regulation Affecting Large Employers

On Nov. 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employees of large employers either to get vaccinated or to test negative on a weekly basis....more

OSHA Issues Emergency Vaccine Regulation Affecting Large Employers

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021 alert, in Sept. 20 and Sept. 23 FAQs, and in Sept. 27 and Oct. 18 alerts, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates have three main...more

No Magic Words: EEOC Clarifies Guidance on Religious Accommodations to Vaccine Mandates

On Oct. 25, 2021 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance for resolving religious objections to COVID-19 workplace vaccination mandates. This guidance comes at a time when many employees are...more

Mandatory Vaccination Coverage Expanded in Practice for All Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10 alert, Sept. 20 FAQs and Sept. 27, 2021 update, part of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandates applies only to federal contractors and subcontractors. And, even then, the...more

And Now the Other Shoe: Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance Issued for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021 alert and in Sept. 20, 2021 FAQs, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates have three main components — one of which applies only to certain...more

Questions, Answers and Predictions About New Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021 alert and Sept. 20, 2021 FAQs, President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” COVID-19 action plan is big on concept but thin on details pending yet-to-be-issued regulations. There is,...more

Frequently Asked Questions About the New COVID-19 Vaccine Executive Actions

As McGuireWoods noted in a Sept. 10, 2021, alert, President Biden’s broad six-part strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is raising many questions for employers. While employers await the much-anticipated regulations, a...more

Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandates for Most Employers

On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden announced a broad six-part strategy to combat COVID-19 at the federal level, including extensive new vaccination and testing requirements for large private employers, certain federal...more

New Employer Requirements Under Amended North Carolina Wage and Hour Act

The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act received an update on July 8, 2021, when Gov. Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 208 into law, including changes to N.C.G.S. §§ 95-25.7 and 95-25.13. The changes affect an employer’s...more

DOL Withdraws January 2021 Trump Administration Independent Contractor Test

On May 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) eliminated a Trump administration end-of-term rule for determining whether workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees under the Fair Labor Standards...more

DOL Issues Families First Coronavirus Response Act Leave Regulations For Employers

On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled new temporary regulations for employers regarding compliance with the paid leave requirements of the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...more

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