ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: 2022 is Coming… Are You Ready?
Although COVID-19 and its fallout was still top of mind for employers and legislators alike, 2021 saw a return to focus on traditional employment law matters as well. The year has flown by, leaving a flurry of new and complex employment-related issues in its wake. To help you get ready to hit the ground running […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: Buckle Your Seatbelts – The Top 5 New Changes to California OSHA’s COVID-19 Guidelines
Update: On January 5, 2022, the California Department of Public Health issued an updated guidance extending the universal indoor masking requirement through February 15, 2022. As expressed in our prior eAlert on workplace COVID-19 guidelines, the rollercoaster had come to a temporary stop for California employees on June 17, 2021, with the first readoption of […]
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS IS BACK ON (BUT “STAY TUNED”)
The on-again, off-again COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are back on. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is presiding over the consolidated challenges to the ETS, has lifted the stay previously put in place by the Fifth Circuit, holding 2-1 that “the […]
ATTENTION NEW YORK EMPLOYERS: New York State Mask Mandate and New York City Vaccine Mandate Explained
In an effort to protect the health of New Yorkers and businesses amid increased COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the State of New York and the City of New York have implemented mask and vaccine mandates, respectively. New York State Mask Mandate for Indoor Public Places, Effective December 13, 2021 Effective Monday, December 13, 2021, businesses […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: IT’S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN – STATEWIDE MASKING AND TESTING MANDATES ARE BACK
Update: On January 5, 2022, the California Department of Public Health issued an updated guidance extending the universal indoor masking requirement through February 15, 2022. In response to increasing COVID-19 numbers since Thanksgiving and concern that the Omicron variant and year-end holiday gatherings could lead to another wave of infections, the California Public Health Department […]
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: UPDATE ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION’S EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD (ETS)
On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The court ordered that OSHA “take no steps to implement or enforce” the ETS “until further court order.” Although the order does not expressly provide whether it applies […]
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS: OSHA Issues Federal Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations
[UPDATE: After the below eAlert went to press, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selected the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to preside over the consolidated challenges to the OSHA ETS.] On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency […]