12/22/2021 5:56:22 PM FAQs regarding OSHA’s workplace vaccine mandate By Mark Goldstein Emily Harbison James Holt John McDonald Ben Patton Saranne Weimer +3 more... Show less OSHA issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) in early November. A series of challenges quickly ensued, resulting in a stay of the...
12/18/2021 7:01:43 PM BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court reinstates OSHA vaccine ETS By Mark Goldstein James Holt Mara Curtis Emily Harbison Brenda Rosales-Carrillo +2 more... Show less On December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved the stay previously placed on OSHA’s so-called “vaccinate or test”...
12/16/2021 7:45:29 PM OSHA ETS: Sixth Circuit denies initial hearing en banc By Emily Harbison As noted in our prior post regarding the Sixth Circuit handling the challenges to the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (the ETS),...
12/16/2021 1:53:58 PM NYC guidance addresses intersection of vaccine policies and workplace laws By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi In conjunction with New York City’s recent employer vaccine mandate, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) issued...
12/15/2021 8:49:53 PM Everything you need to know about NYC’s employer vaccine mandate By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi As we previously reported, effective December 27, 2021, all private sector employers in New York City will be required to implement a...
12/13/2021 7:00:32 PM New York issues guidance on its latest mask mandate By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi As we previously reported, effective today, masks must be worn in New York State in “all indoor public places unless businesses or venues...
12/10/2021 7:52:28 PM BREAKING: New York State reinstates indoor mask mandate By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Just a short while ago, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that, effective December 13, 2021, masks will be required to be...
12/8/2021 12:30:23 AM Federal contractor vaccine mandate temporarily halted nationwide By Betty Graumlich Mariah McGrogan Noah Oberlander On December 7, 2021, a federal court in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing...
12/6/2021 6:55:06 PM BREAKING: NYC to mandate vaccinations for all private-sector workers By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Earlier today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that, effective December 27, 2021 and as part of an expansion of the city’s...
12/3/2021 8:16:51 PM OSHA COVID-19 rule: Sixth Circuit case status update By Emily Harbison Ben Patton Jessyka Linton On November 16, 2021, the Sixth Circuit was selected via a lottery to hear the consolidated challenges made against the recent OSHA...
12/2/2021 5:23:20 PM Illinois limits conscience-based vaccine objections, while other states allow them By Jill Vorobiev Amy Harwath On November 8, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act (the Act)...
11/22/2021 8:00:27 PM New York becomes latest state to legislate workplace privacy protections By Mark Goldstein Gerard Stegmaier Mark Quist Monitoring employee communications – particularly electronic communications – is standard practice for most U.S. employers. Beginning in...
11/19/2021 9:38:07 PM Real Time Video Chat: The nitty, gritty details of the OSHA ETS (Part 2) By Mark Goldstein John McDonald Amanda Brown Next up in the series, Reed Smith lawyers continue the discussion regarding the OSHA ETS that requires companies in the U.S. with 100 or...
11/17/2021 5:55:28 PM What does the booster jab mean for vaccine policies in the UK? By David Ashmore Alison Heaton Whether employers can require evidence of vaccination as a condition of employment or attendance in the workplace has been a hot topic in...
11/15/2021 8:46:08 PM Real Time Video Chat: The basics of the OSHA ETS on vaccination and testing requirements (Part 1) By Emily Harbison Mark Goldstein Amanda Brown Reed Smith’s Labor & Employment group is proud to announce the launch of our video chat series, Employment Law Watch: Real Time. The...
11/12/2021 7:09:06 PM Complying with OSHA’s ETS? Don’t forget about your duty to bargain, says NLRB By James Holt Brenda Rosales-Carrillo Since its publication on November 5, 2021, employers have been reviewing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...