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The CDC Issues New COVID-Related Guidance: What This Means for Employers

For the first time since 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance relaxing the quarantine requirements for COVID-19.  The new guidance is the result of fewer COVID-related deaths and...more

Sands Anderson PC

COVID-19: Vaccine Injury Compensation Status

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On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization declared an end to the global health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as COVID-19. While the emergency has, in many ways, waned, the virus and the need for COVID-19...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

COVID-19 and the Workplace: Where Do We Stand?

As we have reported previously, on April 10, 2023 President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 National Emergency.  However, the rollback of COVID-19 requirements was already underway in many state and municipal...more

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CDC Interpretive Summary on COVID-19 for August 26, 2022

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The CDC has found that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are leveling off from their rise over the summer. The CDC advises that Americans can help prevent these numbers from increasing again by...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

COVID-19 Policy Updates and Implications for the Workplace

On August 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated COVID-19 guidance “to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to...more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Keeping On Top of the Guidance: New CDC Guidance, Proposed Updates To Emergency Temporary Standards, And Continued Immigration...

While some of us may have thought COVID-19 would be temporary, we now know it is here to stay. Yesterday, the CDC released new guidance on what to do after being exposed to someone with COVID-19. Additionally, Cal/OSHA is...more

Bodman

CDC Streamlines COVID-19 Guidance

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The CDC announced new guidance for individuals exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19.  It is important for employers to understand the modifications to the CDC guidance when addressing employees regarding isolation and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

No More Masks on Public Transportation (For Now) – Is Government Regulation of COVID-19 Ending?

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Following a federal judge’s ruling last week, striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) mask mandate in airports and other public transportation settings nationwide, the agency’s ability to impose...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Masking Updates

As many mask mandates are lifted, the federal government extended its travel mask mandate by one month, and a new study illustrates the value in judicious mask use. Florida’s New Pediatric Vaccine Guidance...more

Fisher Phillips

The Great Unmasking? California Relaxes Masking Requirements Regardless of Vaccination Status

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In the surest sign that COVID-19 restrictions are moving to the rearview mirror once and for all, California has just relaxed its face covering requirements, regardless of vaccination status in most settings – and for most...more

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Iowa COVID Workplace Requirements

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At the time of this posting, the Biden administration has rescinded the OSHA ETS on vaccines for employers of 100 plus employees. The federal contractor rules remain stayed as litigation continues to work its way through...more

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Bouncing Back (and Forth): Statewide Reopening and Mitigation Steps (UPDATED)

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As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, government officials at all levels are reevaluating their health and safety protocols and adjusting workplace guidance based on ever-shifting case and...more

Franczek P.C.

Governor, IDPH, and ISBE Shorten Isolation and Quarantine Timeframes and Release Updated Guidance Documents

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After announcing last week its plans to adopt the CDC’s new recommended shortened timeframes for exclusion, the IDPH and ISBE released several new guidance documents making such changes. The new guidance documents, as well as...more

Epstein Becker & Green

SCOTUS Considers Federal Vaccine Mandates, CDC Shortens Quarantine Periods, Definition of “Fully Vaccinated” – Employment Law...

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As featured in #WorkforceWednesday:  This week, we look at the latest federal rules and guidance on vaccination policies, quarantine periods, and masking....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Adopts CDC Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As of January 4, 2022, New York has adopted the CDC’s recent COVID -19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, which permit individuals to exit isolation after 5 days following a positive COVID-19 test...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Decoding the CDC’s New Quarantine and Isolation Guidance for COVID-19

Despite all of our hopes and prayers for an end to the pandemic, we still have employees who are exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19, and we still need to figure out how to deal with those issues. The CDC issued new...more

Fisher Phillips

5-Step Plan for Employers as CDC Reduces COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Periods

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In response to the ongoing Omicron wave of COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just updated its guidance to reduce, in most instances, both the length of time an individual must isolate after...more

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Additional Details on DC’s Proof of Vaccination Requirement

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Last week, we reported on the District of Columbia’s newly-announced requirement that certain indoor facilities verify that patrons, ages 12 and over, are vaccinated against COVID-19. Here’s some additional information that...more

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DC Mayor Reinstates Mask Requirement and Requires Proof of Vaccination to Enter Certain Spaces

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In November, with the pandemic apparently subsiding in DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser eased the City’s indoor mask mandate. On December 20, with COVID-19 cases again on the rise, Mayor Bowser declared a new state of emergency and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter: Booster Shots and the Omicron Variant

In our final newsletter of 2021, we share updates on the federal government’s latest vaccine recommendations, the spread of the Omicron variant, and what the preliminary findings tell us about the need for booster shots to...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Changes To Statutory Covid-19 Exposure Notice and Reporting Requirements 

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COVID-19 has had a unique and continued impact on health and safety requirements in the workplace. As a result, laws are being revised to catch up to the current work climate....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

U.S. Announces Updates to International Air Travel Vaccine Policy

Beginning November 8, 2021, adult foreign nationals traveling to the United States by air, with limited exceptions, must demonstrate proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 and must also provide a negative COVID-19 test...more

Harris Beach PLLC

United States to Lift All Geographically Based COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

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In September, the White House announced that it would lift all of the geographic-based travel bans as of November 8, 2021. As we previously reported, the President imposed numerous geographically based travel bans due to the...more

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Virginia DOLI Issues New COVID-19 Rules for Employers

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Virginia was one of the only states in the country that issued workplace health and safety regulations related to COVID-19. Indeed, as we reported back in June 2020, Virginia’s Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) issued...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

San Francisco Mandates Proof of Full Vaccination for Entry Into Many Establishments

On Thursday, August 12, 2021, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) published an order strengthening the COVID-19 safety requirements applicable to many business establishments and even spaces in the City and...more

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