Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more
In the ongoing legal battle over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing (the “ETS”), a federal appeals court has given OSHA authority - for now -...more
On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the nationwide stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) that...more
On Friday, December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees. The 6th Circuit’s...more
On December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (with one judge dissenting) lifted the nationwide temporary stay of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency...more
Development: On Friday, December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay that had been placed on the OSHA “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) for larger private employers regarding...more
As HR Legalist previously reported, earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS), mandating that employers with at least 100 employees require all...more
OSHA published an ETS on Nov. 5, 2021, that applies to employers in all workplaces that are under OSHA's authority and jurisdiction that have more than 100 employees companywide. The ETS requires, with certain exceptions,...more
Just over a month ago, in “Vexations and Uncertainty in Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, I discussed the ETS, which was effective on November 5, 2021. I also discussed the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
Late on Friday, December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to lift the stay imposed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 6, 2021 on the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and...more
On December 17, 2021, a divided Sixth Circuit Court panel issued an opinion dissolving the Fifth Circuit's stay of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing issued by the Occupational Safety...more
The federal government’s vaccinate-or-test-and-mask policy impacting many private workplaces is no longer on hold. On November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its emergency temporary standard (ETS)...more
On December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard...more
On December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a nationwide stay of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) which requires employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccination or regular testing of...more
What You Need to Know - ..The injunction on the ETS has been lifted and the rules are currently in effect ..OSHA has offered a brief non-enforcement holiday for violations ..OSHA will not enforce regulations until...more