On July 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its most recent guidance to employers regarding COVID-19 procedures. At a time when COVID-19 cases continue to rise due to highly transmissible Omicron variants, the EEOC acknowledged that...
Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that an employee’s sworn statement that she never electronically signed (or even saw) an arbitration agreement during the onboarding process were, alone, enough to avoid arbitration. This...
A majority of employers with offices in New York or employees working remotely in New York will likely be affected by two new bills that were signed into law by New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, on March 16, 2022. With more bills likely to follow, Senate Bills S5870...
A growing number of states across the U.S. are enacting tougher restrictions on the enforceability of non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in the workplace, including Illinois, which recently passed legislation amending the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the...
On Jan. 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted an emergency request for relief staying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to impose vaccination...
Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decisions regarding two of the Biden administration workplace COVID-19 vaccination requirements: (i) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring all...
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Vaccine Mandate Challenges, Compliance Dates Remain in Effect For Now While President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate officially took effect today, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard two rounds of...
The CMS vaccine mandate remains halted in 24 states, including Ohio, but is “on” once again in 26 states following orders issued by two separate courts. On Nov. 15, 2021, a panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals partially affirmed an injunction entered by the...
On Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schlep for the Eastern District of Missouri blocked the federal COVID-19 mandate for healthcare workers, enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) from enforcing its new rule requiring vaccinations for...
The Biden administration announced the suspension of enforcement of its workplace vaccination and testing requirements Thursday for businesses with 100 or more employees. The announcement comes after a Louisiana-based judicial panel in the 5th Circuit temporarily...