Q: Can I terminate an agreement allowing an employee to work remotely?...more
On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its much-anticipated COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). ...more
11/9/2021
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During our recent webinar, COVID-19: Critical Fall Planning and Management Issues for Employers, we covered the increasing prevalence of mandatory vaccination programs and discussed critical issues related to the...more
9/23/2021
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Late last week, President Biden announced a surprisingly sweeping, six-pronged national strategy to combat COVID-19 and the ever-worsening impact of the Delta variant....more
9/14/2021
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With the highly-infectious B.1.617.2 (“Delta”) variant circulating, and the national vaccination rate at only approximately 51% fully vaccinated, many employers have been forced to reconsider and often delay their...more
8/13/2021
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On Tuesday, July 27, 2021—in response to the latest developments relating to the spread of the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of the coronavirus—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued Interim Public Health...more