On January 25, 2022, OSHA filed a notice withdrawing its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). The ETS had mandated that employers with 100 or more employees require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to...more
1/26/2022
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National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
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On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion, stayed OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) mandating that employers with 100 or more employees require all employees to be fully vaccinated against...more
1/14/2022
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National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
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On December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, dissolved the stay previously placed on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) by the Fifth Circuit. The ETS mandates employers with 100 or...more
12/20/2021
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Motion to Dissolve ,
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