Two important rulings have allowed two of the government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to go into effect. Below is a synopsis of these rulings and where things stand now. Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Resumes in Roughly Half the U.S.: On December 15, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Changes to the effective dates of the federal government’s multiple COVID-19 mandates continue coming at a fast pace. Below is a synopsis of the recent changes. Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Halted: Yesterday, November 30, 2021, a U.S. District Court in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate applicable...
On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) unveiled its emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 or weekly testing. Since then, the ETS has been met by a tidal wave of legal...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued his “Path out of the Pandemic” COVID-19 Action Plan (hereinafter “the Plan”). The Plan outlines six general points of focus: 1) vaccinating the unvaccinated; 2) establishing further protections for the vaccinated; 3) keeping schools safely open; 4) increasing...
As a quick recap, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) passed into law in March 2021. One aspect of ARPA requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance...
As a quick recap, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA” or the “Act”) recently passed into law requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance due to involuntary...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) recently passed into law requires all employers to whom COBRA applies to offer free COBRA coverage for up to six months to workers who lost health insurance due to involuntary termination of employment or a reduction...
On October 2, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court (“Court”) ruled that Governor Gretchen Whitmer (“Governor”) lacked authority to continue issuing COVID-19 related executive orders and/or extend Michigan’s emergency declaration past April 30, 2020. In the aftermath of the Court’s decision, employers and residents were left...
As we reported in our e-mail dated August 13, 2020, the Southern District of New York recently invalidated certain portions of the regulation interpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) – at least for employers within that court’s jurisdiction. In response to the court’s...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was designed to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave related to COVID-19. In order to quell confusion stemming from the FFCRA’s implementation, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) promulgated regulations...