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On February 3, 2023, California’s Office of Administrative Law approved Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Regulation (NER). The NER is now the operative COVID-19 regulation for most California employers. Cal/OSHA also...more
On December 15, 2022, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted the COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation to replace the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), which were set to end on...more
By now, California employers are familiar with the state’s COVID-19 safety protocols for the workplace. After several years, however, Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is being replaced by a new “permanent”...more
For the last two years, California employers have been subject to the careful eye of Cal/OSHA and its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (or “ETS”). Yesterday, the Standards Board finally voted to adopt a new,...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Puerto Rico enacted Act No. 37-2020, which created a special five-day paid leave for non-exempt employees in the private sector. Act No. 37 amended the Puerto Rico Minimum Salary,...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more
On March 22, 2022, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox signed HB 63 into law, amending legislation passed in the Utah Legislature’s second special session of 2021 related to vaccine mandates in the workplace. The law will become...more
As indicated in our January 11, 2022 blog post and alert, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the “Agencies”) issued FAQs Part 51 on January 10, 2022, requiring group health...more
A few short weeks ago we told you in a blog post that, with only four days’ notice, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and HHS (the Departments) required that, starting January 15, 2022, group health plans cover FDA-approved...more
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
The January Monthly Minute highlights the new OTC COVID-19 test coverage mandate (eff. January 15, 2022), group health plan provider compensation disclosure rules, and updated standards for ERISA plan financial statement...more
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
Striking Workers Are Protected from Suffering Detriment - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On November 18, 2021, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that workers who take part in...more
On Monday, the government issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) requiring employer group health plans (Plans) and health insurance issuers to cover certain over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests at no cost to the...more
Effective January 15, 2022, health plans are required to cover the cost of over-the-counter (“OTC”) COVID-19 test kits obtained without a health care provider’s prescription or clinical assessment. This new requirement was...more
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
Last month, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) readopted and revised the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”). By and large, OSHSB’s revised ETS retain most of...more
I. Biden Administration Requirement for Insurance Companies to Cover Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests - On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Safety (HHS) announced that the Biden-Harris...more
Beginning January 15, 2022, and through the duration of the public health emergency, insurers and group health plans must cover at-home COVID-19 diagnostic tests available over-the-counter (OTC) without imposing cost-sharing,...more
Looking forward to the weekend? Many employers and plan administrators may also have been . . . up until yesterday, when the government issued new requirements that take effect on Saturday. ...more
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
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
In response to fast-rising COVID-19 case numbers associated with the new Omicron variant and in light of the potential spread during the upcoming holiday season, BC’s provincial health officer announced on December 17,...more
The New York City Council approved a bill that amends the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to require employers to provide paid COVID-19 child vaccination leave. Without signature from Mayor Bill de Blasio, the bill...more
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