On Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, the Biden administration filed its response to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block OSHA’s much anticipated COVID vaccine rule for private sector employers. In its short, two-page order, the 5th Circuit Court of...
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OSHA Releases Emergency Temporary Standard for Vaccine and Testing Mandate
[UPDATE: 11/6/2021 - A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees] OSHA released its 490-page Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) governing employers with 100 or more employees...
Workplace Vaccine Mandates: What Employers Need to Know
A Webinar Covering What Employers Need To KnowReleased: September 29th, 2021 In light of President Biden’s recent announcement calling for vaccine requirements for employers with 100 or more employees, employers are once again reviewing their policies and scrambling...
President Biden Unveils Sweeping Vaccine Mandate
On Thursday, President Biden announced the most sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate to date, which may affect as many as 80 million American workers. This new, expansive mandate calls for vaccine requirements for federal contractors, private-sector employees and...
New OSHA COVID-19 Guidance Includes CDC’s Latest Recommendations
On August 13, 2021, OSHA released updated guidance for non-healthcare employers, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of Covid-19 in the Workplace. The revised guidance, which is advisory in nature, largely incorporates the CDC’s recent...
New Masking Guidelines and ‘Long COVID’ Now a Covered Disability Under the ADA
Last week, the COVID-19 Delta variant drove a drastic rise of cases in areas with low vaccination rates across the country. Recent studies show that this Delta variant is at least 80% more transmissible than the prior COVID strains and spreads as fast as the...
Gov. DeWine Signs the Employment Law Uniformity Act
On Jan. 12, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 352, the Employment Law Uniformity Act, into law. This Bill, sponsored by Republican State Representative Jon Cross, is a long-awaited and employer-friendly change, which brings Ohio’s employment...
Employers Regain Control Over Employee Email Systems After NLRB Ruling
On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled its previous 2014 decision in Purple Communications, 361 NLRB 1050 (2014), which allowed employees to use their work email for union business. Purple Communications specifically held that an...
New Rules on FLSA’s “Regular Rate of Pay” to Go Into Effect January 15, 2020
On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its first significant update to the “regular rate” requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in more than 50 years. These “regular rate” requirements are important and tell employers what to...
Update: Employers Should Prepare Now for New Department of Labor Rule Taking Effect in New Year
This is an update of KJK’s previous article, Proposed Department of Labor Rule Could Have Significant Impact on Businesses. On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced its final new rule regarding the overtime exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act...