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How Texas Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for New Workplace Violence Prevention Standards for Healthcare Workers

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The end of summer is quickly approaching. This year Labor Day does not just signify kids are headed back to, or in many cases, already back in, school. It also means that healthcare facilities in Texas (hospitals, nursing...more

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Asbestos Exposure Widespread at Oil and Gas Job Sites in Texas

Workers at asbestos job sites in the state of Texas may be at risk of developing mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, or other diseases as a result of asbestos exposure....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Texas Hold ‘Em: Lone Star State Enacts New Notice Law Regarding Workplace Violence

Workplace violence is an issue that impacts employees and employers alike. While OSHA uses the General Duty Clause to address such issues, some states are enacting their own laws about it. As we reported a few weeks ago,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Workplace Violence Law Means for Texas Healthcare

Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...more

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No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

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The new Texas ban on vaccine mandates may be just the start. COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available. While several...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Don’t Mess with Texas Nurses: Texas Healthcare Facilities Must Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...more

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The New Texas Law on Vaccination Mandates: What Changes Do Employers Need to Make Now?

Effective February 6, 2024, a new Texas law prohibits private employers from adopting or enforcing a mandate requiring an employee, contractor, or applicant to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment....more

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Texas Workforce Commission Issues Required Workplace Violence Reporting Notice

The Texas Workforce Commission recently published a notice that employers are required to post in conspicuous locations in their workplaces informing employees about reporting workplace violence or suspicious activity....more

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Texas Joins Florida in Prohibiting Private Employers From Imposing Vaccine Mandates

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On November 10, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 7, which prohibits private employers in Texas from imposing vaccine mandates that require employees and/or contractors to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine....more

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Private Sector Employers Face $50,000 Fine for Vaccine Mandates, New Texas Law Says

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Texas has joined a number of other states in prohibiting employers, including healthcare providers, from requiring their workforces to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As a result, employers in Texas must...more

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Federal Judge in Texas Blocks Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers

On Friday, January 21, 2022, Judge Jeffrey V. Brown of the Southern District of Texas issued a nation-wide injunction, blocking enforcement of President Biden’s Executive Order 14043. Executive Order 14043 requires...more

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5 Employer Considerations as Texas Governor Attempts to Ban Workplace Vaccine Mandates

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Earlier this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order immediately restricting entities in the state – including employers – from compelling any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccination if that individual...more

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COVID-19: Texas Governor Issues Executive Order Broadening Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandates—Where Do Employers Go From...

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As employers across the country await additional rules related to COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employers with more than 100 employees, companies in the State of Texas are now subject to certain restrictions on their...more

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Texas Joins Montana in Banning Private Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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On October 11, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order (EO) GA-40 which bans any entity, including private employers, from requiring the COVID-19 vaccination for employees or customers. Texas now joins Montana...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

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No Shoes, No Shirt, No Mask, No Service

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On March 2, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order (GA-34), which went into effect on March 10, 2021, lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities to 100%. When...more

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Can Texas Employers Still Require Employees And Customers To Wear Masks?

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On March 2, as I was waiting in line in the parking lot of NRG Stadium in Houston to get my first COVID jab, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that, effective March 10, there would no longer be any COVID-19 operating...more

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Governor Abbott’s Executive Order Related to Reopening Texas 100%

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On Texas Independence Day, at a press conference in Lubbock, Governor Abbott announced the lifting of his statewide mask mandate beginning March 10, 2021. The Governor said, “It is now time to open Texas 100%.” Abbott...more

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Texas Governor Lifts Mask Mandate, but Employers Must Still Comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act

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Yesterday, March 2, 2021, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, issued an order lifting his previously-imposed face covering mandate effective March 10. The order also removes certain other COVID-19 mitigation requirements...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Texas Local Governments Impose New Face Covering and Health and Safety Plan Requirements Upon Employers, As COVID-19 Cases Surge

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For the last two weeks, Texas is continuing to break records for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, on June 23, 2020 Texas had the highest daily number of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Texas Expands Phase One Business Openings

Only a week after introducing his plan to reopen the Texas economy, Governor Abbott announced two more waves of business reopenings to begin on May 8 and May 18. Hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, tanning salons, and...more

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Announces the Opening of Texas Businesses

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As of April 27, the infection rates are down over the last two weeks and patient discharges are steady—creating significant capacity. Overall, 290,517 tests have been administered in Texas, with 25,297 individuals testing...more

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Texas Governor Releases Plan to Reopen the State

Texas charges forward with phased reopening plan commencing May 1, 2020. Retail, restaurants, and movie theaters are now permitted to operate at limited capacity, with plans to expand operating capacity and add another...more

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New Texas Law: Is it Enough to Ease Concern Over Franchise Liability for Employment-Related Claims?

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In response to concerns of franchisors that recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) actions threaten to undermine the common understanding of a franchisor-franchisee relationship, the Texas Labor Code was amended by the...more

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