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...
On August 10th, the US Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Bill”). While much of the Infrastructure Bill focuses on funding for roads, bridges, electric vehicles, high-speed internet, and modernization of electrical...
The United States Supreme Court denied a request from eight Indiana University students to block the University’s requirement that students receive a COVID vaccine to attend classes in the fall semester. The University announced its plan to require vaccination of all...
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...
On July 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) once again recommended that even fully vaccinated individuals should wear masks indoors in areas with high rates of COVID-19 transmission. This reversal from its May 2021 guidance, which dropped...
While a sense of normalcy is returning to many aspects of daily life, issues related to unemployment fraud indicate that they will long outlive the pandemic. KJK has been following this issue since our clients first reported being personally affected earlier this...
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order aimed at growing competition in the economy and labor market. One component raising many questions is Biden’s attack on employers' use of non-compete provisions. Although the official policies that may alter the use of...
President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order Friday aimed at promoting competition in the labor market. The order establishes 72 initiatives and calls to action over a dozen federal agencies to combat what Biden calls the most pressing competition problems in...
Earlier this month, Gov. Mike DeWine signed the 2022-2023 biennial Ohio budget into law. While the bill primarily focuses on various budget items for each agency, it also includes a number of provisions dealing with tax law changes. These changes included reductions...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new emergency temporary standard to set workplace safety rules for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concurrently, OSHA released new general workplace guidance for unvaccinated or...