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The CDC Issues New COVID-Related Guidance: What This Means for Employers

For the first time since 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance relaxing the quarantine requirements for COVID-19.  The new guidance is the result of fewer COVID-related deaths and...more

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Current Considerations About COVID-19 in the Workplace

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency officially ended on May 11, 2023, when the Department of Health and Human Services allowed the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 to expire, but people are still getting...more

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Caging the Kraken: 4 Steps for Employers to Curb the Spread of COVID’s Most Contagious Mutation

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As we enter the new year, and the fourth year of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate. Two new Omicron subvariants, known as XBB and XBB.1.5 – unofficially nicknamed “Kraken” by some scientists – have emerged...more

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CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Safety Recommendations in Updated Guidance

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Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated COVID-19 guidance. This update loosens prior guidelines regarding social distancing, testing, and isolation, with the agency noting that...more

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The 10 Most Common Employer Questions After the CDC Loosens its COVID-19 Guidance

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The nation’s federal health authorities marked the next chapter of the pandemic yesterday by significantly loosening many COVID-19 recommendations – including dropping the “six-foot” social distancing rule – thereby...more

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California Relaxes The Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards

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On April 21, 2022, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the standard-setting body of California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA), once again revised the COVID-19 Emergency...more

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Further Updates to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Likely Coming Soon

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

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Vaccine Requirements – United States: Massachusetts

Over the past year, it has become increasingly common for employers in Massachusetts to establish and enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. Such policies are legal and appropriate in Massachusetts. Unless required...more

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A User’s Guide: What Employers Should Know When Implementing a Private Vaccine Mandate Policy

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the OSHA ETS requiring vaccination or weekly testing for private employers with 100 or more employees, many private sector businesses may choose to implement a vaccination...more

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Governor, IDPH, and ISBE Shorten Isolation and Quarantine Timeframes and Release Updated Guidance Documents

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After announcing last week its plans to adopt the CDC’s new recommended shortened timeframes for exclusion, the IDPH and ISBE released several new guidance documents making such changes. The new guidance documents, as well as...more

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Cal/OSHA and CDPH Issue Clarifying Guidance on Isolation and Quarantine Requirements

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At the end of the year, California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued updated guidance regarding Isolation and Quarantine, which applied to workplaces per the Governor’s prior Executive Order. The timing of this...more

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Ontario Implements New Lockdown and Revised COVID-19 Testing Guidance

On January 3, 2022, the Ontario government announced a number of restrictions in response to climbing COVID-19 case numbers and increased hospitalizations. Effective January 5, 2022, the province is temporarily returning to a...more

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California Adopts Reduced CDC Quarantine and Isolation Periods – With a Catch (Updated)

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On the heels of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) updated isolation and quarantine guidance reducing the length of time an individual must isolate after contracting COVID-19 and the quarantine period for those exposed...more

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California Employers Face New Obligations Under Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 ETS

For the second time, the standards-setting board for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) has readopted, with revisions, the agency’s COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards...more

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CDPH Updated COVID Guidance for New Year’s Response to Omicron Surge

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As the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads rapidly, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) lowered the thresholds that define “Mega Events” effective January 15, 2022.  “Outdoor Mega Events” will occur with 5,000 or...more

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Cal/osha Issues New ETS Of Its Own: Here Are The Details For California Employers

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On December 16, 2021, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board voted to approve the second readoption of the California COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (Second...more

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Coworking Spaces: COVID-19 Considerations

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As workplaces are reimagined, employers and operators of coworking spaces need to consider how to operate safely in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coworking spaces have become an intriguing work alternative for remote...more

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Here We Go Again – Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know as Cal/OSHA Ramps Up Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Rules

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The Cal/OSHA Standards Board just voted to “re-adopt” the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for a second time – but this latest move introduces some significant changes for California employers, including a return...more

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Executive Order 14042 - Update 12.0 U.S. District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction

Federal contractors and subcontractors across the country were forced to rethink their COVID-safety efforts when, on December 7, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia enjoined enforcement of Executive...more

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Most Federal Government Contractors Still Must Comply with President Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate

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Despite a recent court ruling covering three states, most federal government contractors still must comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ("Contractor Vaccine Mandate") included in President Biden’s Executive Order 14042,...more

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Fifth Circuit Stays Enforcement of the Federal OSHA Emergency Regulations Requiring Employees to Vaccinate or Test

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As part of the Biden administration’s plans to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on November 5, 2021. The ETS mandate...more

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Vaccination Requirements Put Trades in the Middle but Path Forward is Clear

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The construction industry, like many others, was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the industry adjusts to the new normal, not everyone is on the same page. Many project owners, rather than risk site shutdowns and...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Summary of New Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (the “Executive Order”) that, when implemented, will require most federal contractors to...more

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Details on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Released

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On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued its much-anticipated guidance regarding new COVID-19 workplace safety requirements for federal contractors (the “Guidance”). The Guidance comes in response...more

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