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Category: Employment Law
Employer Vaccine Mandate
Late Friday, November 12, the Fifth Circuit, after reviewing additional briefing, issued a ruling reaffirming and continuing its stay of OSHA’s private employer vaccine mandate (ETS) applicable to employers with more than 100 employees. There are similar challenges pending in every circuit court except the Tenth and the expectation is […]
Mon Nov 15, 2:03pm Share
EEOC Religious Vaccination Guidance
Religious accommodations to vaccine mandates continue to be the number one issue occupying the time and energy of HR practitioners and employment lawyers. Yesterday, the EEOC updated its Covid-19 technical assistance specifically to address vaccine-related religious objections and accommodation requests. The new update is at “Section L” and can be […]
Tue Oct 26, 2:31pm Share
Vaccine Mandate
On September 9, 2021 President Biden announced an executive order directing the Department of Labor to draft an emergency rule requiring that all businesses with 100 or more employees ensure all of their workers are either Covid vaccinated, or Covid tested once a week. This goes along with another executive […]
Fri Sep 10, 1:01pm Share
COBRA Subsidies End September 30
COBRA subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) end on Sept. 30, 2021, which means businesses must send expiration notices to former employees and other eligible individuals whose COBRA premiums have been covered by the subsidy. To the extent you have a third-party administrating your COBRA benefits, you […]
Fri Sep 10, 12:58pm Share