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Biden Administration Expands Section 301 Tariffs on Imports from China, Targeting Green Energy, Metals, Minerals, Port Cranes,...

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On May 14, 2024, the Biden administration announced expansions to the United States’ Section 301 tariffs on imports from China, proposing to raise tariffs on solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, green energy supply...more

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Biden Administration Releases Six American Manufacturing and Supply Chain Reports

On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration announced the release of six executive-branch reports and a White House “capstone” report pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14017 on America’s Supply Chains (February 24, 2021),...more

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White House Announces New Measures to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

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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

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Federal Contractors Must Comply With New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For On-Site Employees

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Federal contractors are being contacted by their contracting agencies about implementing requirements relating to President Joe Biden’s mandate that all federal employees and on-site contractor employees either be vaccinated...more

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White House announces COVID-19 safety measures for onsite federal contractors

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On 29 July 2021, the Biden Administration announced a wave of White House programs to boost vaccination rates in the United States, including programs aimed directly at federal contractors. These initiatives, summarized in a...more

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President Biden to Require Federal Workers, Contractors to Provide Vaccine Attestation or Mask, Distance, and Test Multiple Times...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: President Biden recently laid out his administration’s next steps in efforts to get more Americans vaccinated. On July 29, 2021, the White House released “Remarks by President Biden Laying Out the Next...more

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What President Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Means for Government Contractors and Private Employers

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With the rise in COVID-19 cases across the country in the wake of the Delta variant, local, state, and federal officials have been taking steps to revise guidance, update recommendations, and revisit plans and protocols. In...more

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Biden Announces Vaccine Requirements for Federal Employees, Contractors

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On July 29, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden announced new requirements for federal employees and onsite federal contractors regarding vaccination status, masking, and social distancing....more

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President Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Attestation Requirement for Federal Employees and Onsite Contractors

On July 29, 2021, the Biden administration announced that federal employees and onsite contractors must attest to being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or they will be required to wear a mask on the job and physically...more

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New Vaccination Mandate for On-Site Federal Contractor Employees

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On July 29, 2021, the Biden Administration announced a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain employees of federal government contractors. ...more

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President Biden Requires Contractor Employees Be Fully Vaccinated (or Face Regular Testing)

On July 29, 2021, President Biden announced that “to help protect workers and their communities,” all employees of federal contractors working onsite at government facilities will be asked to “attest to their vaccination...more

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A Delicate Balance: Protecting Unvaccinated and at Risk-Workers while Relaxing COVID-19 Workplace Policies under OSHA’s Updated...

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On June 10, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its long anticipated COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) and an updated COVID-19 guidance (“Guidance”)....more

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Biden EPA’s Plans to Overhaul TSCA Chemical Assessments Sparks Debate Over PPE Use

The EPA has announced that it intends to reconsider Trump-Era assumptions on worker’s use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when conducting TSCA chemical safety evaluations. Under the Trump-Era policy, the EPA assumed...more

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COVID-19 Medical Products Supply Chain Week in Review - May 2021 #1

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In the past week, the U.S. government announced new vaccination milestones reached and encouraged more people to get vaccinated. Please see details for these and other supply chain developments below: On April 27, President...more

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Podcast: President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act - Diagnosing Health Care

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The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act ("DPA") to speed up the production of vaccines and increase the domestic production of COVID-19 tests, personal protective equipment (or “PPE”), and other...more

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COVID-19 Medical Products Supply Chain Week in Review – March 2021 #3

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In the past week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, which provides $10 billion to expand domestic production of medical supplies. The President also announced that all adults in the U.S. will be eligible for...more

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February 2021: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021

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Update: President Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021- On Wednesday afternoon, Congress passed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a broad, comprehensive policy response to the challenges brought...more

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Biden Administration Announces Tariff Trifecta

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In three actions taken last week, the Biden Administration eased the tariff burden carried by numerous industries, including aviation, food, beverage and travel goods, and previewed the administration's approach to engagement...more

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President Biden’s Executive Orders: Impact On Employee Benefits And Healthcare

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In the opening days of his administration, President Biden has signed a flurry of Executive Orders impacting multiple sectors of the U.S. economy. This article summarizes the Orders that impact employee benefits and...more

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President Biden Orders 100-Day Review of America’s Supply Chains for Semiconductors, Batteries, Critical Minerals and APIs

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Changes are afoot for key industry sectors with complicated global supply chains. “As this pandemic has made clear, we can never again be in a position where we have to rely on a foreign country that doesn’t share our...more

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Review of Select Biden Administration Actions Impacting Federal Contractors

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During his first few days in office, President Biden signed numerous executive orders kick-starting the implementation of key features of his campaign platform. Federal contractors may feel overwhelmed by this flurry of...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA’s Updated COVID-19 Guidance, CDC’s New Mask Guidance, Biden Administration Rollbacks - Employment Law...

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we look at updated safety and mask guidance and the top workplace regulations the Biden administration has rolled back. OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance In response to President...more

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The First 100 Days: President Biden’s Plan to Secure a Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain, 3 Tips for Government Contractors

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In November, we published a post on potential Biden administration use of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his first week in office, President Biden invoked the DPA and signed...more

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Is OSHA Inching Closer to Binding COVID-19 Standards?

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We have issued several recent alerts regarding potential new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 standards, particularly in light of the new Biden administration. Indeed, within the first 48 hours of...more

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