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Superior Court Affirms Decision That Claimant Failed to Prove She Contracted COVID-19 at Work, but Does Not Reach Issue of Whether...

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Hudson v. Beebe Medical Center, S23A-10-002 NEP, 2024 WL 36063 (Del. Super. Jan. 3, 2024). Ms. Hudson worked as a front-line nurse for the employer on its COVID-19 floor in the Fall of 2020. She contracted COVID at some...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

What Employers Should Know About the Latest CDC COVID-19 Guidance

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It has been almost exactly four years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the American working landscape. Many of us followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through multiple changes and guidance,...more

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Is an OSHA Workplace Violence Standard for the Healthcare Industry on the Way?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified violence in healthcare settings as a significant occupational risk, and a new workplace violence standard for the healthcare industry could be on the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: OSHA's Permanent COVID-19 Standard and Enforcement Blitz - Diagnosing Health Care

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What challenges are providers likely to face as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) prepares its permanent COVID-19 standard for health care workers? In this episode of Diagnosing Health Care,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NYS Department of Health Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers

The Department of Health (NYSDOH) has issued updated guidance on Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. The advisory adopts the...more

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Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard Update: OSHA Sets Hearing Date on Deviations to Proposed Rule

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has partially reopened the record on the rulemaking for the permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard, known as the rule on “Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OSHA Re-opens Comment Period and Schedules Public Hearing on ETS – Occupational Exposure to COVID-19

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On March 23, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice in the federal register announcing a limited re-opening of the comment period regarding OSHA’s final standard to protect...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OSHA Taking Comments on Proposed Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard

OSHA has partially reopened the rulemaking record and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on several topics relating to the development of a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support...more

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OSHA Partially Opens Record on Rulemaking for Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard

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OSHA has just announced it is partially reopening the record on the rulemaking for the permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard known as the rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings....more

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D.C. Court of Appeals Panel to Hear Argument for Reinstating Healthcare ETS

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On April 4, 2022, a merits panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a petition seeking to force OSHA to issue a permanent standard for healthcare occupational exposure to COVID-19 and to...more

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COVID-19 Designated As A Communicable Disease Under New York HERO Act

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On September 6, 2021, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York Commissioner of Health had designated COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to public health under...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Labor Unions Seek Appellate Review Of OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (UFCW), and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) have filed a petition for review of OSHA’s recent...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Evolving Pandemic Regulations, Overtime Rule Under Review, ACA Upheld - Employment Law This Week®

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we focus on evolving pandemic regulations at both the federal and state levels. The Evolution of Workplace Pandemic Regulations (see attached video) Federal agencies and states...more

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OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for Occupational Exposure to COVID-19

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 workplace safety rules have been long in the making. On June 10, 2021, OSHA finally issued those rules in the form of an Emergency...more

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OSHA Releases National Emphasis Program Protecting High-Risk Workers

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In response to President Biden’s January 2021 executive order, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on March 12, 2021, targeting...more

A&O Shearman

The Disproportionate Impact Of Covid-19 On Women

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On International Women’s Day, three of A&O’s pro bono partner organisations look at the impact of Covid-19 on women’s rights, as this year’s campaign #ChooseToChallenge calls on people to challenge gender bias and inequality,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Rebuttable Presumption for COVID-19 Illnesses to Impact Employers Through 2022

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On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 1159 into law, expanding access to workers’ compensation and making it easier for first responders, health care workers, and other workers who test positive for COVID-19 due to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The SAFE TO WORK Act: An In-Depth Guide For Employers To The Senate's Proposed Coronavirus Liability Shield

On July 27, 2020, Senate Republicans introduced the HEALS Act, its response to the Democrat-backed stimulus bill, the HEROES Act. Although the HEALS Act is currently on life support in light of the stalemate in negotiations...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OSHA releases revised COVID-19 guidance

Compliance Today (August 2020) - The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released revised guidelines regarding enforcement actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are two major...more

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FDA takes significant action to reduce mask and respirator shortage

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To address the increased usage and shortages of respirators as a result of combatting COVID-19, on 24 March 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for non-NIOSH approved...more

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NC Workers' Compensation Claims & Healthcare Workers

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As to COVID-19, are potential claims for front-line healthcare workers compensable? Specifically, for those working in Emergency Rooms or having face-to-face interactions with patients, how is the medical causation analysis...more

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Workers’ compensation implications of COVID-19 for employers

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The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has not provided a specific stance regarding compensability of COVID-19 (coronavirus). However, businesses should consider several factors of a workers’ compensation claim to prepare...more

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Workers’ Compensation Claims for Healthcare Professionals Exposed to COVID-19 in PA – Update

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Just a few short weeks ago, the Center for Disease Control’s Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases warned that the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. was “not a question of if, but when.” As...more

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Workplace Violence: What Hospital Executives and Administrators Need to Know

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In today’s world, hospitals have to be prepared for anything and everything, and not just medical emergencies. They have to be prepared to handle all types of workplace violence, from active shooters to abuse from...more

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Health Care Employers Face Workplace Safety Challenges from Virulent New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Health care providers are increasingly called upon to address drug resistant medical cases such as Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that presents a serious health threat to...more

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