Now that OSHA has withdrawn its vaccine or test rule, many employers are considering the use of mandatory vaccination policies in their workplaces. Employers have met this development with varied responses – some employers have rescinded vaccination requirements that...
And on to President Biden, who is expected to sign. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed by voice vote the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.” The legislation passed the House on Monday, and President Biden is reportedly...
Biden promises a nominee by end of February. Justice Stephen Breyer has announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court effective sometime this summer, presumably to guarantee that President Biden rather than a President DeSantis will be able to nominate his...
Generally speaking, most healthcare employers would not think that their employed physicians are at risk for unionization. As opposed to interns and residents, who have experienced their own unionization push in the past several years, employed or “staff” physicians...
On January 25, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislative leaders announced they have reached an agreement to require employers again to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL), which expired on September 30, 2021. Under the...
New York State lawmakers have done it again – amending an often-forgotten whistleblower statute of limited application into a sweeping new source of employee rights that should make employers listen up and take notice. Almost two years ago it was Section 741 of the...
The Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the appeal of the 6th Circuit’s decision that vacated the 5th Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard for employers with 100 or more employees. In a 6-3 decision, strictly down...
Two justices flip to the other side. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 today to stay two injunctions that were keeping a vaccine mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from taking effect in 25 states. The CMS mandate applies to most employees and...
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Labcorp over allegations that it failed to provide lactating employees a space for them to express milk privately without fear of intrusion. The investigation stemmed from an allegation of one employee in the...
While we wait. I was really hoping that by yesterday the Supreme Court would have stayed the Emergency Temporary Standard that was issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Maybe today? Meanwhile, here are some excerpts from the oral argument, which...
