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So You Think This COVID Thing Has Ended? Not So Fast! 5 Tips for Employers to Prepare for Cold, Flu, and COVID Season

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For many businesses, the pandemic seems like a distant memory, but COVID-19 is not entirely behind us. Indeed, as the cold and flu season approaches, the CDC predicts that COVID-19 cases will increase across the country. Such...more

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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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Workplace Practices Could Change Following CDC’s New COVID-19 Guidance

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated guidance regarding COVID-19. On March 1, 2024, the CDC eliminated its recommendation that people who contract the virus isolate for five...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 120: CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact on New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

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On March 1, 2024, the CDC scaled back its guidance regarding COVID-19, most notably ending its recommendation of a five-day quarantine following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis....more

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Not So Fast: Updated CDC Guidance on COVID-19 Isolation Has Limited Application for Employers

On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it is updating its COVID-19 guidance and is no longer recommending that individuals who test positive for COVID-19 isolate for five days....more

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CDC Trims COVID-19 Isolation Guidance: COVID-Positive Individuals Need Only Isolate for 24 Hours After Being Fever-Free

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shifting its COVID-19 isolation guidance, advising that COVID-positive individuals no longer need to isolate once they have been...more

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That’s A Wrap! CDC Reduces Recommended COVID-19 Isolation Period

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On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it is updating its COVID-19 guidance and is no longer recommending that individuals who test positive for COVID-19 isolate for five days.  The...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

HHS and GSA Release New Guidance to Increase Naloxone Access in Federal Facilities

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) announced the release of updated guidelines for safety stations in federal facilities....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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Best Practices to Ensure Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety, Fatigue Rule Compliance

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Resources and laws supporting best practices to ensure commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) driver safety include CDC guidance, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA”), and OSHA’s Fatigue Rule. 49...more

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Thirteen Democratic AGs Encourage EPA to Adopt Stricter Standards for Ethylene Oxide

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On June 27, Illinois AG Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 13 Democratic attorneys general nationwide in submitting a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), supporting more stringent regulation of ethylene oxide...more

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See Through the Haze: NIOSH Guidance on Outdoor Workers Exposed to Wildfire Smoke

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As Canadian wildfire smoke spreads across the Northern United States, employers should review the CDC/NIOSH guidance on occupational exposure to wildfire smoke and implement effective measures to protect...more

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The End of COVID-19 Guidance? EEOC Publishes Technical Assistance “Capstone”

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When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, employers found themselves in uncharted territory – a new virus, public health emergency declarations, and legislation. Against this onslaught of emerging circumstances, the Equal...more

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EEOC Updates COVID-19 Technical Assistance

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On May 11, the US Department of Health and Human Services ended its COVID-19 federal public health emergency declaration. Days later, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) followed up by updating its COVID-19...more

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COVID-19 and the Workplace: Where Do We Stand?

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

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Changes to COVID Isolation Requirements

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For several years, California’s COVID isolation guidelines have played a key role in “stopping the spread” in the workplace by requiring contagious employees to isolate at home. As of March 13, 2023, the California Department...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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Annual Party Poopers’ Guide to the Holidays: The Office Holiday Party is Back and So Are We

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Over the past two years, employers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic were forced to hold their holiday celebrations virtually via Zoom, or maybe even scrapped such events altogether given the circumstances. This year,...more

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As We Approach 2023, Where are We With COVID and the Workplace?

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COVID-19 appears poised to remain with us on a long-term basis, and with every passing day, guidelines appear to become more lax. For example, the CDC now requires a person who tests positive to isolate for five days as...more

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Cal/OSHA Amends Proposed COVID-19 Regulation

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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is an authority on public health policy in California. CDPH issues recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods for persons infected with or exposed to COVID-19....more

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Recent COVID-19 Guidance for Nursing Home Facilities in Rhode Island

The world of healthcare has always been ever-changing. Coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult for providers to stay abreast of the numerous regulatory changes. Recently, the Rhode Island Department of Health...more

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Bouncing Back (and Forth): Statewide Reopening and Mitigation Steps (UPDATED)

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NOTE: Given the reduction in activity on this topic, THIS POST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED, as of October 7, 2022. ******************************************************** As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, government...more

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CDC Issues Major Updates for Healthcare Providers and Eases Masking and Other Infection Control Requirements - Important...

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For the last few months, we have been fielding calls from clients in the healthcare industry asking about things such as whether they still needed to screen patients upon entry to facilities, whether employees must still wear...more

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New York City Vaccine Mandate to Be Rescinded November 1

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams officially announced that New York City will rescind its private employer vaccine mandate, effective November 1, 2022. ...more

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New York State to Follow CDC Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantines and Isolations

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On September 14, 2022, the New York State Department of Health updated its COVID-19 quarantine and isolation webpage to remove earlier written COVID-19 guidance and tables dated May 31, 2022 (the “May Guidance”). The webpage...more

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