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Biden's New COVID-19 Action Plan: What Does It Mean for Employers?

Bernadette Hunton

09/10/2021

Yesterday evening, President Biden announced a new action plan to fight the spread of COVID-19 and battle back yet another surge sparked by the delta variant. The national strategy calls on both public and private sector employers to take steps get the unvaccinated vaccinated by mandating vaccines for employees and offering other protections for workers. As part of the plan, all employers with 100 or more employees will need to ensure that workers...

Darrell VanDeusen

08/23/2021

COVID-19, FMLA, Virginia Employment Law

And so it has begun. Unless you just arrived from another planet, you know that we’ve been in COVID world for about 18 months. The lawsuits involving employee behavior, and employer reactions to that behavior, during the pandemic are being filed and decided in state and federal courts. Here’s one where a physician assistant’s (PA) unprofessional behavior in the early months of COVID led to his termination. Unwilling or unable to accept...

Jordan Dunham

08/11/2021

COVID-19

As Kollman and Saucier’s Vincent Jackson previously blogged, in June 2021, a Texas federal court upheld a hospital’s policy requiring its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Since that decision was rendered, an Indiana federal court issued its decision upholding Indiana University’s mandatory vaccination policy that applied equally to students, faculty and staff. The Seventh Circuit recently denied a motion for injunction regarding...

Vincent Jackson

06/18/2021

COVID-19

In one of the first rulings of its kind, a federal judge upheld a company policy requiring that employees at a Texas hospital be vaccinated against COVID-19. The lawsuit, brought by 117 employees against Houston Methodist Hospital, bore all the hallmarks of a frivolous case: dubious application of legal doctrines, conspiracy theories, and (of course) Nazi comparisons. It alleged claims for wrongful termination, violations of federal law governing...

Garrett Wozniak

05/28/2021

COVID-19, EEOC

In updated guidance, the EEOC has confirmed that employers may offer incentives to encourage employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. According to the agency’s press release: “Federal EEO laws do not prevent or limit employers from offering incentives to employees to voluntarily provide documentation or other confirmation of vaccination obtained from a third party (not the employer) in the community, such as a pharmacy, personal health care...

Randi Klein Hyatt

05/21/2021

COVID-19, Workplace Safety

You know the typical lawyer answer... "it depends." Vaccines are much more widely available and more and more employees are able to get vaccinated. This also means more individuals may find themselves experiencing those adverse reactions (especially after that notorious second dose) that are causing missed work. OSHA has issued updated guidance on when such reactions should be treated as recordable events in accordance with its requirements of...

Randi Klein Hyatt

05/19/2021

COVID-19

On May 13, 2021, the CDC issued its "Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People" which advised that fully vaccinated people (meaning two weeks have passed since receiving the second dose in a 2-dose series or 2 weeks after the single-dose vaccine), in non-healthcare settings, no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting (indoors included), except where required by applicable laws, rules or regulations,...

Jordan Dunham

02/23/2021

COVID-19, Disability & Leave

As vaccines are being administered throughout the country, the end to the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight. As a result, many employers are wondering what information can be shared regarding employees’ vaccination status. The answer is, or at least the cautionary one is, not much. Employers are facing inquiries regarding their employees’ vaccination status. Customers and clients would like to know if the employee they are working with is...

Garrett Wozniak

02/03/2021

COVID-19, State Law, Workplace Safety

After cutting short the 2020 legislative session because of the pandemic, the Maryland General Assembly has returned this January with confronting COVID-19 among its highest priorities. One item employers should be keenly aware is the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act, which would impose multiple new mandates on Maryland employers. The legislation, cross-filed as House Bill 481 and Senate Bill 486, is scheduled for a hearing in the...

Randi Klein Hyatt

01/29/2021

Agency Activity, COVID-19, Workplace Safety

Earlier today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. The Guidance is not legally binding but does detail recommended best practices around managing COVID-19 in the workplace. OSHA has reiterated that workers should continue to maintain at least a six-foot distance from others when possible, wash hands, properly wear a face mask (covering nose...

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OSHA Temporarily Adopts CDC's Most Recent Guidance On Fully Vaccinated Employees

Be Wary of Disclosing Employees’ COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Employer Alert: The Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act

OSHA Provides Further Guidance on Managing COVID-19 in the Workplace

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