Labor and Employment
Posted by:
Elizabeth M. Roberson and Shelley M. Jackson
on January 14, 2022
Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two key rulings relating to mandatory COVID-19 workplace measures. The rulings contain important implications for private and certain other employers with 100 or more employees and for health care entities subject to conditions of participation…
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Posted by:
Elizabeth M. Roberson
on January 6, 2022
As of January 1, 2022, Illinois employers must abide by significant new amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Act”). Specifically, these amendments pertain to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements between employers and their employees that are entered into after January 1,…
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Posted by:
Shelley M. Jackson
on December 21, 2021
Employers with 100 or more employees may feel whiplash as they once again prepare to pivot in connection with the Biden Administration’s push to implement mandatory vaccination-or-test policies in the workplace. On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency…
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Posted by:
Shelley M. Jackson and Amy J. Adolay
on December 1, 2021
The Biden Administration’s push for mandatory vaccinations in the workplace has been dealt another blow, this time to the Interim Final Rule (the “CMS Rule”) issued on November 5, 2021 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and scheduled to go into effect on December 6,…
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Posted by:
Shelley M. Jackson and George C. Lepeniotis
on November 17, 2021
Employment Practice attorney Shelley M. Jackson discusses the new vaccination requirements for employers with over 100 employees.
This Krieg DeVault LLP publication should not be construed as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. The contents are intended for…
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Posted by:
Shelley M. Jackson and Elizabeth M. Roberson
on November 5, 2021
Yesterday employers learned details of two significant new COVID-19 employment-related vaccine and safety mandates from the Biden Administration. First, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released an Interim Final Rule applying an Emergency Temporary Standard (“OSHA…
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Posted by:
Scott S. Morrisson
on October 4, 2021
Many businesses believe their company information is “trade secret” information deserving of special protection. But is it really? How can you protect and show it really is trade secret information? One way is to conduct an internal trade secret audit.
What is Trade Secret…
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Posted by:
Amy J. Adolay
on September 10, 2021
Yesterday, Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that he has signed new Executive Orders relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. Per the President’s “Path out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan” (“the “Plan”), which can be found here, President Biden's…
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Posted by:
and Virginia A. Talley
on August 6, 2021
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) recently issued a unanimous appellate decision in Klassen, et al. v. Trustees of Indiana University, ruling that Indiana University’s (the “University”) COVID-19 vaccine mandate (the “Mandate”) did not violate any constitutional right. The University…
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