By: Olivia N. Daily On September 24, 2021, President Biden revealed his Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID 19 Action Plan. President Biden also signed Executive Order 140042, which required federal contractors to take specific and delineated actions to protect their workers and prevent… Read More >
COVID-19 Resources
New Guidance for Federal Contractors Requires Employee Vaccination: President Biden reveals the Path Out of the Pandemic
President Biden Announces Aggressive Mandates to Combat the Rise in COVID-19 Cases
By: Melanie A. Kalmbach As COVID-19 Delta variant cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise throughout the nation, President Joe Biden addressed the White House’s plan to boost vaccinations. On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety… Read More >
Policy Considerations for Remote Work Going Forward
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Remote work was not a new concept when COVID-19 came to town, but for many employers, it represented a sharp departure from ordinary operating procedures. Remote work frequently was the ONLY option to keep an enterprise going through the crisis…. Read More >
Biden Administration Signaling More Employee-Friendly Environment
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski At the one-month mark for the Biden Administration, many of the business-friendly policies of the Trump Administration are on the chopping block, with a more “employee-friendly” environment signaled. On Inauguration Day, President Biden signed his “Executive Order on Preventing and… Read More >
State Legislature Passes COVID-19 Immunity Measures for Indiana Businesses
By: Tyler S. Lemen Update: SB 1 was signed into law by Governor Eric Holcomb on February 18, 2021 Protecting businesses from potential COVID-19 liability has been a top priority for Indiana legislators in the 2021 session. On January 4, 2021, Senate Bill 1… Read More >
Variants and Vaccines
By: Kamron A. Sanders As we began to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, news broke that the coronavirus mutated into new variants. While virus mutations are common, as explained by Johns Hopkins, it is an unwelcomed challenge during a… Read More >
The Importance of “Weak Ties” During a Pandemic
By: Kamron A. Sanders The coronavirus pandemic has presented various challenges over the last year. For some, technology was injected into new aspects of their lives to maintain a sense of “normalcy.” The way we communicate and build relationships has been drastically impacted and… Read More >