DE Under 3: Biden White House's Rescission of Trump-Era Religious Exemption
DE Under 3: Secretary Walsh Intervenes in Court, Religious Exemption Updates, & AAP Verification Deadline Extension Developments
DE Under 3: Federal Agencies Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda; ODEP’s NDEAM 2022 Theme & The Dobbs Decision
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA ETS Coming Soon, OSHA Cracks Down on States, and EEOC Updates Guidance - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for Virtual World - Employment Law This Week®
Get Keen on the Vaccine: Considerations for Employers Considering a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine
On-Demand Webinar | Employment Issues With a COVID-19 Vaccine
K&L Gates Triage: Avoiding the Risks Associated with Mandatory Vaccination Programs
Tuesday, March 28, 2023: Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nominations for Kotagal as EEOC Commissioner & Looman as WHD Head - The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee voted to...more
This action to order the publication in Final form of OFCCP’s highly controversial Religious Exemption Rule was either one of the most courageous political acts I have seen a President take in recent years or was one of the...more
Monday, February 27, 2023: NLRB Advice Memo: Workplace Discussions of Racism Are NLRA-Protected Concerted Activity (Even for Non-Unionized Employees) Tweets Discussing Case Also Protected - Workplace group discussions...more
On March 1, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a Final Rule rescinding a prior rule the agency published late in the Trump administration that broadened the scope of Executive Order...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more
On November 4, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with more than 100 employees to, among other things,...more
Resources - Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Updates Guidance for Federal Contractors - On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force updated its Guidance for Federal Contractors (“Guidance”). As...more
Employers with 100 or more employees may wish to begin preparing for the emergency temporary standard’s imminent deadlines, despite pending legal challenges. ...more
On November 9, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a proposed rule rescinding its December 2020 Final Rule broadening the religious exemption from Executive Order 11246’s...more
Infrastructure Bill Passes - Now What? Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are out this week. But before they left for home, on November 5, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure...more
In a November 4, 2021 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, rejecting arguments advanced by healthcare professionals in two different district...more
On Friday, November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a comprehensive interim final rule, the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rule, which requires all Medicare and Medicaid...more
In September, President Biden issued his COVID-19 Action Plan in which he announced, among other things, that the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) was developing a rule to require...more
Be cognizant of state and federal anti-discrimination laws when enacting vaccine mandate policies - As the ongoing pandemic converges with staffing issues and efforts to increase vaccination rates, many employers have been...more
As a follow up to this week's announcement, OFCCP published its proposal to rescind the “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption” rule (the “Religious Exemption...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
In a bid to encourage vaccination among the nation’s workers to protect unvaccinated people, OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard calls for private-sector employers with more than 100 employees to mandate COVID-19...more
As we initially reported on November 4, 2021, OSHA has released its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) covering private employers with 100 or more employees. While we have seen court challenges and indeed the...more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (the CMS Rule) requiring employee vaccinations for certain Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care providers. The CMS...more
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100+ employees. The new standard focuses...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all employers with a total of 100 or more employees to mandate...more
Today the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard” (the “ETS”) in the Federal Register. The ETS applies to employers with a total of...more
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding COVID-19 vaccination and testing on November 5, 2021. The ETS went into effect...more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule that requires most Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers to vaccinate staff members within 60 days. The...more