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...
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...
11/11/2021 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...
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...
6/8/2021 8:07:12 PM New York State Department of Labor confirms that New York State paid sick leave applies to COVID-19 vaccine recovery time By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi As we previously reported, over the past year, New York State has adopted a statewide sick leave law, paid leave for COVID-19...
5/21/2021 9:04:02 PM It pays to be vaccinated in Los Angeles County with new paid leave ordinance By Michele Gehrke Ronnie Shou The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently enacted an urgency ordinance that requires employers to provide supplemental paid...
12/8/2020 7:58:18 PM New bill would require virtually all New Yorkers to receive COVID-19 vaccination By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi With two COVID-19 vaccines pending approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination...