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Littler Lightbulb: June Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

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Louisiana Employers May Be Able to Discharge Unvaccinated Workers Under Employment-at-Will Doctrine

In a pair of related rulings in Hayes v. University Health Shreveport, LLC, and Nelson v. Ochsner Lafayette General, the Supreme Court of Louisiana held on January 7, 2022, that private Louisiana employers may mandate...more

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Louisiana State Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Attacking Vaccine Mandate

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On September 23, 2021, at the conclusion of a contentious hearing, a Louisiana state court judge in Lafayette dismissed a lawsuit filed by 48 employees and contractors of Ochsner Lafayette General Health System seeking to...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Texas Court Upholds Mandatory Vaccination Policy

Since vaccines have become readily available, employers have been grappling with whether they should mandate vaccines for employees. Most companies have chosen to “strongly encourage” employees instead of mandating, and many...more

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Texas Court Affirms Employers’ Freedom to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Employees

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COVID-19 has presented no shortage of legal questions for employers, from shutdowns and layoffs to when and how to reopen. And with COVID-19 vaccines now broadly available in the United States, some companies (especially...more

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Texas Federal Court Rules in Employer's Favor on Groundbreaking Mandatory Vaccine Lawsuit

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On April 1, 2021, Houston Methodist Hospital (the Hospital) announced a policy requiring all covered employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations (the Policy). The Policy permits exemptions for medical contraindications and...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Everything Employers Always Wanted To Know About Vaccines . . . And Have Been Asking About For Months.

Just before the Memorial Day holiday, we had a “breaking news” bulletin about the revised guidance published Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about employers’ and employees’ rights when it came to...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Mandatory Flu Vaccine Decision Highlights Risks Of Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine

A New York hospital sought to reduce the transmission of influenza by requiring employees to submit to the flu vaccine or face dismissal unless they could establish a medical contraindication warranting an exemption. A...more

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Fifth Circuit Loss for Employee Who Refused Vaccine for Religious Reasons

As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more readily available, employers are considering mandatory vaccination for their employees and in particular, how to respond to employee requests for accommodation, whether on the basis of...more

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