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Supreme Court Reinstates Stay on OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS, Permits CMS' COVID-19 Health Care Vaccination Rule

Key Takeaways - ..The Supreme Court stayed OSHA's Vaccination or Testing ETS, but state/local requirements may apply, employers may still have policies requiring COVID-19 vaccination or testing, and employers still have a...more

Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay on OSHA's ETS Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing; OSHA Issues New Compliance Deadlines

On December 17, 2021, a divided Sixth Circuit Court panel issued an opinion dissolving the Fifth Circuit's stay of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing issued by the Occupational Safety...more

Appellate Court Halts OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard Requiring Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing

Immediately after OSHA published its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing for private sector workers, various individuals, covered employers, states and other groups challenged its validity...more

OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard Requiring Mandatory Vaccination or Testing of Private Sector Workers for COVID-19

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revealed its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing, which has been published in the Federal Register and is...more

EEOC Updates Guidance Regarding Religious Accommodations to Workplace Vaccination Requirements

On October 25, 2021, the EEOC updated its Technical Guidance What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and other EEO Laws to provide more direction to employers regarding religious objections to...more

White House Announces New Measures to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

On September 9, 2021, the White House announced a COVID-19 Plan that contains a comprehensive national strategy to address the rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant. The strategy employs six detailed points of...more

Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Vaccine Passports & Policy in the Workplace

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport? A COVID-19 vaccine passport is a document that serves as proof that an individual has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccine passports can be used to regulate international...more

MIOSHA Emergency Workplace Rules Generally No Longer in Effect

On June 22, 2021, The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration posted a new set of Emergency Rules on the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance website. These...more

Gathering and Face Mask Order Lifted, But MIOSHA Workplace Rules Remain In Place

On June 17, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a Recission of Emergency Orders. Finding that the COVID-19 positivity rates, case rates, hospitalization and death numbers have decreased, along...more

OSHA Updates General Workplace COVID-19 Guidance, Issues Emergency Temporary Standard for Health Care Settings

On June 10, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its guidance entitled Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace to reflect the...more

EEOC Updates Its Guidance Concerning COVID-19 Vaccine Policies in the Workplace

On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance guidance, What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws, concerning...more

MIOSHA Updates Workplace COVID-19 Emergency Rules

On May 24, 2021, Governor Whitmer announced updates to MIOSHA's COVID-19 emergency rules, which supersede the prior version filed on October 14, 2020, and extended on April 13, 2021. The updated rules are set to remain in...more

Updated: MIOSHA Workplace Rules to be Updated to Reflect Relaxed Mask Mandate

UPDATE: On May 20, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a bipartisan agreement with the Legislature to fully negotiate the state budget and federal funding from the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act with the...more

MIOSHA Workplace Rules to be Updated to Reflect Relaxed Mask Mandate

On May 15, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued an updated Gatherings and Face Mask Order that follows the CDC's Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People released on May 13, 2021, which says...more

What Employers Need To Know About The Recently Enacted American Rescue Plan Act

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the "Rescue Plan") was passed and signed into law. Employers should be aware of the key employment provisions of the Rescue Plan in managing their workforce and in...more

COVID-19 Vaccinations and Legal Considerations for Employers

With nearly 34 million people, or more than one in 10 Americans, fully vaccinated against COVID-19, most employers can expect vaccination to soon become available to their general workforce. Besides being eager to return to...more

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Legal Considerations for Employers

With the recent approval for emergency usage of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, employers may consider mandating or administering COVID-19 vaccinations when they become available for workplace safety reasons or...more

Michigan Extends COVID-19 "Three-Week Pause" Order through December 20th

On December 7, 2020, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued the latest Gatherings and Face Mask Order. This new order effectively extends the gathering restrictions, the face mask mandate, and the...more

New COVID-19 Orders Impose Additional Requirements and Restrictions on Michigan Businesses

In light of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Michigan, governmental agencies in charge of workplace safety and public health have issued several directives and guidance to employers and businesses in the hope of...more

Michigan Enacts COVID-19 Liability Shield and Employee Protection Bills

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law several bills on October 22, 2020, including those providing a liability shield to individuals and entities that comply with COVID-19-related government directives and...more

Michigan Governor Lacks Authority to Continue COVID-19 State of Emergency, Supreme Court Rules

Since March 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has relied on the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 (EPGA) and the Emergency Management Act (EMA) as authorities for her ability to declare and extend the...more

Michigan Governor Updates Reopening and Workplace Safety Executive Orders

On July 29, 2020, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Orders 2020-160 and 2020-161. EO 2020-160 reaffirms many of the prior restrictions while tightening some, and permits the opening of casinos and racetracks,...more

COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions: Employee Health Screening

As stay-home restrictions are lifted, many states and local governments are permitting businesses to open only if they are able to screen workers for symptoms of the coronavirus. Employers are put in a position to juggle work...more

Recommended Steps to Bring Employees Back to the Workplace

With federal and state governments’ contemplation of plans to reopen the economy, employers should begin considering necessary and recommended steps to bring employees back to the workplace, and legal issues raised by doing...more

Michigan Gov. Orders: No Adverse Action Against Workers Who Must Stay Home to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

On April 3, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order No. 2020-36 (the “Order). The Order requires certain individuals to stay at home even if they were otherwise allowed to leave home for work as a...more

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