Hey Compliance Warriors! Well, Monday, January 10th, 2022 has come and gone and we still have no ruling from SCOTUS on the life or death of the OSHA ETS for employers with 100+ employees. So, what’s an employer to do? For now, be sure that all non-vaxxed workers are masking up. You […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans’ access to free testing, the Biden-Harris Administration is requiring insurance companies and group health plans to cover the cost of over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests, so people with private health coverage can get them for free starting January 15th. […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! A-OK Walker Autoworks violated retaliation prohibition, overtime laws The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham Before jumping too deep into 2022, it’s important to take a few moments to reflect on 2021’s year’s developments of the law on non-compete agreements (“NCAs”), provide a few thoughts about what could happen in 2022, and offer a few pieces of advice. In July 2021, President Biden signed an Executive […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Yesterday, the CDC issued yet another update to the guidance they issued last week shortening the isolation time to 5 days under certain circumstances. Here is the updated information. Ending isolation for people who had COVID-19 and had symptoms If you had COVID-19 and had symptoms, isolate for at […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! As we all sit and wait for a Yay or Nay on the January 10th implementation of the OSHA Vax or Test ETS, a little insight into the argument that OSHA will make in defense of the new temporary regs. The Solicitor General has filed a brief outlining the arguments […]
New Year’s Update on NY COVID Measures Seyfarth Shaw LLP In one of his first official acts as New York City’s new Mayor, Eric Adams signed an Executive Order extending the private worker… Portland, Maine City Council Ends Hourly Hazard Pay and Enacts Indoor Mask Mandate Littler Mendelson PC At their first […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Check out this interesting update by Yara Mroueh, Carly Zuba, and Devjani Mishra on December 23, 2021 Updated December 27, 2021: Cook County, Illinois has implemented Cook County Public Health Order 2021-11, imposing the same vaccine requirements as those implemented under Chicago’s Public Health Order, discussed below, including the same January […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! OSHA announced, on December 27th, 2021, that it intends to continue to work expeditiously to issue a final standard that will protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 hazards, and will do so as it also considers its broader infectious disease rulemaking. However, given that OSHA anticipates a final rule cannot […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (encompassing Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky) dissolved the stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Quickly afterward, OSHA posted new compliance dates on its website. Covered employers must now comply with the provisions of […]