On December 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget issued updated guidance to address the nationwide injunction that currently bars, on a preliminary basis, enforcement of the federal vaccine mandate.
For federal...more
The enforceability of the federal contractor vaccine mandate has not been finally decided. On December 7, 2021, a federal court for the Southern District of Georgia entered an injunction "with nationwide applicability"...more
Despite a recent court ruling covering three states, most federal government contractors still must comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ("Contractor Vaccine Mandate") included in President Biden’s Executive Order 14042,...more
12/6/2021
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On November 5, 2021, the federal Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing, Emergency Temporary Standard" (ETS) for employers with 100 or more...more
11/10/2021
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced several updates to his plan for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Although media reports have led some to believe that President Biden’s actions have imposed an immediately...more
9/16/2021
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While the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) works on regulations to implement the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act (“expanded FMLA”) and paid sick leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the...more
Today, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act” or the “Act”), which the Senate approved on the evening of March 25th, received House approval and was signed by the President into law. The Act...more
Congress Passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act -
Congress passed emergency legislation to address the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) crisis gripping the nation. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act...more
On March 10, Governor Roy Cooper has declared a state of emergency in North Carolina due to coronavirus COVID-19. To help minimize the spread of COVID-19, Governor Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services...more
As the number of reported cases of COVID-19 increases in the United States and in the world, employers are faced with many questions and decisions about how to protect their workforces while continuing to run their...more
3/10/2020
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