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Employer Mandates New Regulations

Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide... more +
Employer Mandates is a term commonly used to describe employer insurance obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide minimum essential insurance coverage to their employees or else pay statutory penalties. The concept of an employer mandate is not unique to the Affordable Care Act; many EU countries have their own versions with different and/or expanded employer obligations.  less -
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New Jersey Expands Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Workers and High-Risk Settings

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On January 19, 2022, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed Executive Order (EO) 283, which requires that healthcare workers and those at high-risk congregate settings be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including receipt of a...more

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Puerto Rico Imposes Additional COVID-19 Restrictions and Vaccine Booster Mandates on Private Sector Employers

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In his most recent attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, on January 13, 2022, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi once again issued back-to-back executive orders (EO) implementing additional COVID-19 restrictions and...more

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Booster Mandate: Covered Employees in Puerto Rico Must Comply by January 31st

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On December 31, 2021, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi issued Executive Order No. 2021-87 (EO) requiring first responders and certain private sector personnel to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in order to be...more

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NYS to Require Booster Under Health Care Vaccine Mandate

In Governor Hochul’s COVID-19 briefing on January 7, the Governor announced that New York’s existing health care vaccination mandate will be expanded to require health care employees to receive booster shots within two weeks...more

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[Webinar] COVID-2022: New Variants, New Regulations, and New Administrative Headaches - January 27th, 10:00 am - 11:15 am PT

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As COVID-19 variants work their way through the Greek alphabet, California employers have new CDC guidelines, new Cal-OSHA and CDPH requirements, new decisions to make with respect to vaccine and testing mandates, and when...more

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“B Together” – Boston’s New Vaccination Mandate

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On December 20, 2021, the City of Boston announced a new vaccination mandate, the “Temporary Order Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Indoor Entertainment, Recreation, Dining, and Fitness Settings in the City of Boston” (the...more

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NYC Announces Mandatory Vaccine Requirement for All Private Employers

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Earlier today, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate covering all private-sector workers in NYC that will take effect on December 27, 2021. According to Mayor de Blasio, the mandate will...more

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[Webinar] What Federal Contractors Need to Know For 2022 AAP Compliance - December 8th, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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With a new President inaugurated in 2021, the OFCCP has slowly begun shifting its policies and enforcement practices. While it has been relatively a quiet year in 2021 with few major AAP changes, contractors should anticipate...more

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Top Takeaways from OSHA’s New Employer Vaccination Rules

On November 4, 2021, OSHA issued its hotly anticipated emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to implement vaccination and testing programs. Stopping short of a full mandate, the ETS...more

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New CMS Regulations Mandating Vaccination of Health Care Facility Staff

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On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an interim final rule requiring that a wide variety of providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program ensure their staff are...more

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Picking Up the “Key to NYC”: New Vaccination Regulations Now Effective for New York City Employers

On August 3, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the “Key to NYC” program (“Key to NYC” or the “Program”), which implemented new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements for employees and patrons of certain...more

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Law Requiring all Massachusetts Employers to Provide COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Signed by Gov. Baker, Effective...

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Effective immediately, Massachusetts employers must furnish up to 40 hours of COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave (“COVID Leave”) to their employees, to be made available either through September 30, 2021, or until the...more

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German Employers’ Mandatory COVID-19 Testing and Telecommuting Requirements

The dynamic development of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth a number of new regulations. On April 20, 2021, the second amendment to the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation...more

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Santa Clara County Updates Health Order to Require Businesses to Ascertain COVID-19 Vaccination Status of Personnel

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In connection with Santa Clara County’s move into California’s yellow COVID-19 tier, the state’s lowest pandemic restriction level under its tier system, the county’s health officer updated its Health Order, effective May 19,...more

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Santa Clara County Issues New Health Order and Directives Following Move to Yellow Tier

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On May 19, 2021, Santa Clara County moved from the orange tier to the yellow tier of California’s color-coded reopening plan. Entering the yellow tier allows the County to expand capacity in businesses, gyms, movie theatres,...more

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Bremen führt Corona-Testpflicht für Arbeitnehmer ein

Die echte Testpflicht für Arbeitnehmer kommt – zumindest in Bremen. Dies hat der Bremer Senat am 4. Mai 2021 beschlossen und verschärft damit als erstes Bundesland die Vorgaben der SARS-CoV-2-Arbeitsschutzverordnung des BMAS...more

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La Secretaria del Trabajo y Previsión Social implementa regulación de riesgo psicosocial en México

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El 23 de Octubre de 2019 entró en vigor la NOM-35-STPS de la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social. Esta es una norma aprobada tendiente a factores de riesgos psicosociales en el trabajo, identificación, análisis y...more

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New HRA Regulations Part 5 – More on the Employer Shared Responsibility Mandate

On September 30th, the IRS issued proposed regulations that establish safe harbors for compliance with the employer mandate in the context of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (or “ICHRAs”). These proposed...more

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Canada Implements Significant Reforms to Basic Federal Employment Standards

Canadian employers subject to federal regulation will want to take note of changes to the Canada Labour Code that came into force on September 1, 2019. These reforms apply to a large number of minimum employment standards...more

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Australia Updates Catastrophic Injury Regulations, Affecting Workers’ Compensation Procedures

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In an important update to Australia’s safety laws, the federal government has introduced a definition of “catastrophic injury” in the new Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Catastrophic Injury) Rules 2018 (Rules). ...more

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[Webinar] 2019 Employment Law Update: Critical New Laws and Updates for California Employers - December 13th, 12:00pm ET

California employers must immediately update training and other employment law policies in light of new legislation going into effect in January 2019. In a new Manatt webinar, attorneys from our employment and labor practice...more

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NYC Employers Must Post Required Sexual Harassment Notice and Provide Information Sheet to New Hires by September 6

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Earlier this year, the New York City Council passed a series of laws known as the Stop Sexual Harassment Act (“Act”). The New York City Commission on Human Rights (“Commission”) has now issued additional information and...more

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New York City Mandates Sexual Harassment Training and Expands Sexual Harassment Protections Under the Human Rights Law

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On May 9, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of bills addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. Four of these new laws significantly expand the obligations of many New York City-based employers to...more

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New Jersey Passes Mandatory Paid Sick Leave

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On May 2, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law mandating all private and public New Jersey employers, regardless of size, offer paid sick leave. This makes New Jersey the 10th state to adopt mandatory paid sick leave...more

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Ontario Finalizes Pay Transparency Act, 2018, Targeting Large Employers

As we reported in March of 2018, the Ontario government recently introduced legislation designed to create pay transparency by prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about pay history, requiring employers to report...more

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