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Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off

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As we approach the unofficial start to Summer 2022, today's new episode addresses the 10 issues that should be on the radar of all employers....more

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Indiana Enacts New Law on Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates

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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed into law House Bill 1001, curbing COVID-19 vaccine mandates by employers. Under the law, which went into effect immediately, most Indiana employers who require employees to...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: January 2022 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: January 2022 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Vax mandate FAQs!

This week's vaccine wisdom (subject to change at any time). Is my company required to mandate vaccinations for employees? Possibly. Apart from the mandate for federal employees, there are three types of COVID vaccination...more

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New Florida Law Conflicts with Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Leaving Some Employers in Tough Spot

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On November 18, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis executed a new state law that immediately banned COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees of private and public employers. Florida employers now have to figure out how to...more

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Important Updates on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate—Deadline Extended and Flexibility Added - UPDATED

UPDATE: The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued updated Guidance on November 10 confirming that the date a covered employee must be fully vaccinated is January 18, 2022. With the addition of new answers to...more

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Untangling the Vaccine Mandate – Updates and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Since our October 14, 2021 webinar, much has developed in the rapidly evolving compliance world of Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO” or “EO 14042”). In case you...more

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OSHA Extends Biden Vaccine Mandate Deadline for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

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The deadline for federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with President Biden’s rule regarding vaccines in the workplace has been extended an additional 30 days, to January 4, 2022. The new deadline was announced on...more

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Important Updates on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate—Deadline Extended and Flexibility Added

With the addition of new answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on November 1, and the November 4 “Fact Sheet” issued by the White House accompanying the rollout of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Federal Contractor and Subcontractor COVID-19 Guidance

BACKGROUND- Federal contractors and subcontractors have a lot to consider as they navigate the challenges COVID-19 presents to the workplace. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his Path Out of the Pandemic:...more

McCarter & English, LLP

OSHA’s Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination Rule Is Here

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its highly anticipated draft COVID-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard (Vaccine ETS) yesterday. As anticipated, the rule requires most employers with...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

They did it! OSHA’s standard on COVID vaccinations is out

This morning the Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally issued its Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID vaccinations. Most employers with 100 or more employees will have to require their employees to get...more

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NEW TASK FORCE GUIDANCE SIGNALS SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR CONTRACTORS

On November 1, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (the “Task Force”) added new FAQs to its guidance on Executive Order 14042 (“EO 14042”), signaling that contractors have some flexibility to go beyond the...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Federal Contractors Offered Some Flexibility to Implement COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The implementation of President Biden’s Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO”) continues to evolve and will likely be refined and updated over the coming weeks and...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Vaccine Mandates are Becoming the Rule and Not the Exception: What Employers Need to Know

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The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into a state of uncertainty and life-threatening risk with ever changing health and safety recommendations and mandates. The alleged “two weeks” that it would take to combat the virus has...more

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Texas Governor Mandates "No Mandates" for the COVID-19 Vaccination

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Governor Abbott’s Executive Order- On October 11, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-40 (the Texas Order) banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by any entity, including private employers, in Texas....more

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Vaccine Mandate for Government Contractors: Guidance and FAR Class Deviation Bring Clarity and Questions

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, "Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors," that directed agencies to include a clause in new contracts, options, and extensions...more

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UPDATE: What Federal Contractors and Large Employers Need to Know About the New Vaccine Mandate

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Update – September 30, 2021: The Task Force issued a set of FAQs regarding the Guidance. Anticipating the upcoming release by OSHA of the ETS (see below), the FAQs make clear that covered contractors and subcontractors must...more

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Texas Governor Issues "No-Mandate Mandate" On COVID-19 Vaccines

Oh, what a difference a few months makes. Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued Executive Order GA 40, which prohibits any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring that employees or customers...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

White House Issues Mandatory Vaccination Guidance for Federal Contractors

The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has issued a guidance document intended to help implement President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and other measures for all federal workers and U.S....more

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COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements Will Apply To Broad Swath Of Federal Contractors And Their Employees

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Federal contractors and subcontractors were left with a lot to consider last Friday (September 24, 2021), when the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance implementing President Joe...more

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Federal Contractor Specific COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance Issued By The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force

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President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, directs the federal Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) to develop COVID-19 workplace...more

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Federal Contractors’ Alert: What We Know And Still Don’t Know About Biden’s Vaccination Mandate

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On September 24, 2021, as instructed by President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) published its COVID-⁠19 Workplace Safety for Federal Contractors Guidance. We first...more

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Vaccination and Masking Requirements For Federal Contractors Announced By The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force

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On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued its “Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors,” (the “Guidance”) setting forth the COVID-19 safeguards that are to be required of federal...more

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