Overview of New Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Employers (Podcast)
Employment Practice attorney Shelley M. Jackson discusses the new vaccination requirements for employers with over 100 employees.
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Overview of New Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Employers [WEBINAR]
Employment Practice attorneys Amy J. Adolay, Shelley M. Jackson, and Elizabeth M. Roberson recently hosted a webinar on the new vaccination requirements for employers with over 100 employees: Overview of New Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Employers. A recording of the webinar and the…
The Wait Is Over: OSHA and CMS Release Interim Final Rules on Mandatory Vaccinations and Other COVID-19 Safety Issues
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…
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Religious Objections to the COVID-19 Vaccines
Earlier this week the EEOC updated its Technical Assistance Questions and Answers (“Q&A”) to add a section discussing religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccines. If your company has not yet had to determine whether an employee qualifies for an accommodation because of a religious objection…
Protect Your Company's Trade Secrets with a Trade Secret Audit
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…
President Biden’s Vaccination Mandates under COVID-19 Action Plan
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…
Vaccine Verdict: 7th Circuit Declares Indiana University’s Vaccine Mandate Constitutional
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…
Biden Administration Issues Executive Order On Promoting Competition
This afternoon, President Biden issued an Executive Order to promote competition. The Executive Order includes 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies to promptly tackle competition problems in the U.S. economy. While this Executive Order has no immediate effect on employers, it could…
OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Employers
Recently the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) updated its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). Under this new ETS, OSHA details various workplace safety guidelines that employers are advised to follow to protect unvaccinated and otherwise at-risk workers from…
Federal Court in Texas Rules Employers Can Require Employees to Get Vaccinated
As anticipated, the litigation regarding COVID-19 vaccinations is beginning. In Jennifer Bridges, et al. v. The Methodist Hospital d/b/a the Methodist Hospital System, et al.,1 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that the hospital system in Houston could require its…