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Supporting Health Through Supply Chain Management
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Labor & Employment Podcast Series: Enforcement of Face Coverings
Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
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Blakes Continuity Podcast: Life Sciences: Liability and Immunity During COVID-19
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Urges Face Masks, ADA Turns 30, Employee Vacations - Employment Law This Week®
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More Emerging Litigation Claims and Demands from COVID-19
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
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
After several months, the EEOC has once again updated its guidance and answers regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s interaction with anti-discrimination laws, with a particular focus on the workplace screening, testing,...more
On Tuesday, the EEOC once again updated its COVID-19 technical assistance Guidance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,” adding updates for 15 items. While the...more
OSHA's emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring healthcare employers to adhere to numerous regulatory requirements addressing COVID-19 was largely withdrawn in December 2021. On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor...more
On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted streamlined COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regulations after several months of...more
At its upcoming April 21, 2022 meeting, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) Standards Board will decide whether to readopt the fourth iteration of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards...more
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
Am heutigen Vormittag, den 18. März 2022, hat der Bundestag die bereits erwartete Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes beschlossen. Der Bundesrat hat die Änderung heute Mittag bestätigt. Damit reagiert der Gesetzgeber auf...more
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
On March 9, 2022, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, announced that the province’s mask mandate will end in most settings on March 21, 2022, along with remaining regulatory requirements for...more
New guidance and pandemic preparedness strategies from the federal government highlight this week’s COVID-19 news. Biden Administration New Measures To Combat COVID-19...more
Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles issued updated indoor masking rules effective February 25, 2022 (“LA Orders”). The LA Orders give businesses two potential “exemptions” from existing indoor masking...more
In light of the decreasing rates of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County is relaxing its current mask mandate. Pursuant to the revised Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Order (the “Revised...more
We have written repeatedly in these pages about the status of statewide masking and employee vaccination mandates for Connecticut schools (both public and private) schools. ...more
On February 15, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“DPH”) issued an advisory relaxing its mask guidance for fully vaccinated individuals in most indoor settings, citing recent positive progress on COVID-19...more
Since yesterday, there have been many reports about the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) vote against extending IDPH Emergency Rules regarding masking, vaccine and testing requirements in schools. This has...more
Nearly two years since many professionals gathered in-person and on-site, the prospect of return-to-office en mass is picking up pace....more
On February 9, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state is largely discontinuing the mandate that businesses require proof of vaccination or masks to enter the premises. The mandate will remain in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Hochul announced that she will lift the mask-or-vaccinate mandate for all public places of business on February 10, 2022. However, employees must continue to mask under the New York HERO Act...more
We have written repeatedly in these pages about statewide masking and employee vaccination mandates for Connecticut schools (both public and private) via Executive Orders from Governor Ned Lamont. While on February 15, 2022,...more
In keeping pace with state and federal agencies that are updating public health guidance around COVID-19, San Francisco once again revised its Public Health Order on January 26, 2022 to address vaccination and masking...more
***UPDATE: In a whiplash-inducing turn, on January 25, 2022, the New York State Appellate Division granted a stay of the Nassau County court’s decision pending determination of the State’s appeal. As such, the...more
In a shifting landscape of federal and state rules, mandates, and legal challenges to them, Oregon employers may be wondering whether face masks and related requirements are still in effect. Until at least February 2022,...more
In response to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, effective January 6, the LA County Department of Public Health revised its Health Office Order to include several notable updates, the most significant being a...more