By: Elizabeth S. White On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) ruled on two sets of challenges to the Biden Administration’s vaccination mandate. The first case, NFIB v. OSHA[1], addressed a proposed mandate by the Secretary of Labor, acting… Read More >
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SCOTUS Rules on Vaccine Mandate Challenges: What This Means for Employers
Employers with More Than 100 Employees: How The New Proposed COVID-19 OSHA Rules Impact Your Business
By: Sean T. Devenney On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an “emergency temporary standard to protect workers from coronavirus.” On November 12, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an opinion essentially staying the… Read More >
New Guidance for Federal Contractors Requires Employee Vaccination: President Biden reveals the Path Out of the Pandemic
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 >
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 >