2/18/2022 6:15:03 PM Virginia begins process to revoke permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard By Noah Oberlander Carew Bartley Betty Graumlich On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s (DOLI’s) Safety and Health Codes Board (Board) convened...
2/9/2022 7:12:24 PM Pennsylvania businesses with COVID-19 vaccine requirements may have to provide new exemption for employees By Veronica Miclot Christopher Bouriat Pennsylvania House of Representatives members have proposed House Bill 2318, which proposes that employers must provide a “natural...
2/9/2022 4:32:44 PM Real Time Video Chat: Workplace vaccination policies in the UK: Latest trends and issues By Carl De Cicco Alison Heaton David Ashmore Next up in our Real Time Video Chat series, David Ashmore, Carl De Cicco and Alison Heaton explore the latest trends and issues regarding...
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...
12/3/2021 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)...
11/15/2021 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...
11/11/2021 11:16:53 PM Employers subject to OSHA ETS must be mindful of OSH Act whistleblower protections By Paulo McKeeby Amanda Brown Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act or the Act), employees who raise concerns regarding safety or health in the...
9/20/2021 10:14:24 PM Vaccination requirements have arrived for all federal and many state employees and health care workers By Emily Harbison Michael Lombardino Jessyka Linton Recently, we posted about President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan, “Path out of the Pandemic” (the Memo). To recap: the Memo instructs...
9/16/2021 9:33:45 PM Overview of several new workplace laws Texas employers should know about following the recent legislative sessions By Paulo McKeeby Michael Lombardino The Texas Legislature has been quite busy over the most recent regular and two specially-called legislative sessions. It adjourned its...
9/13/2021 8:15:54 PM It continues: Virginia updates its permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard By Betty Graumlich Noah Oberlander On August 26, 2021, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s (DOLI’s) Safety and Health Codes Board (Board) voted 8 to 5 to update...
7/19/2021 10:11:16 AM Preparing for a return to the workplace in the UK after 19 July 2021 By David Ashmore Alison Heaton With the lifting of COVID-19 legal restrictions in England on 19 July 2021, David Ashmore (Partner) and Alison Heaton (Knowledge...
3/8/2021 7:39:59 PM COVID-19 in New York one year later: An overview of employer obligations still in-effect By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID-19’s upheaval of “business as usual,” we continue to field inquiries from Empire State...
2/23/2021 10:29:01 PM Brief refresher for California employers: 2021 updates to local COVID-19 paid sick leave requirements By Michele Gehrke Brittany Hernandez Brandon Nhan Nhan The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), requiring employers with 50-500 employees[1] to provide supplemental paid sick leave...
1/22/2021 2:40:56 PM New York employers may be “exposed” to COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims By Mark Goldstein Leora Grushka In September 2020, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) issued guidance related to COVID-19 claims and their compensability...