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When OSHA announced on Jan. 25 that it had withdrawn its Covid 19 vaccine mandate in the wake of a Supreme Court defeat, it may have seemed to many like that ruling had settled the issue – but that couldn’t be more wrong. Late last year, at the same time it…
A survey of business executives by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 87% believe their organizations can endure an outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid 19, but are very concerned about its impact on their businesses. SHRM said, 86% of…
President Biden’s attempt to force employers to ensure their employees were vaccinated against Covid 19 went down in flames when a 6-3 majority of Supreme Court justices said the order issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under a…
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has extended its Covid 19 Emergency Temporary Standard to April 14 and made some changes to its guidance for employers that were effective on Jan. 14. Employers should revisit their…
The United States Supreme Court will hold a hearing on Jan. 7 to consider multiple legal challenges mounted by states and private business groups who are seeking to overturn the Biden Administration’s Covid 19 vaccine mandates for private workplaces and…
Federal courts have blocked three of the Biden administration’s forced vaccination requirements for employees, and the President himself seriously weakened a fourth aimed at federal employees. When this was written a week ago, none of the administration’s…
The Biden administration’s Covid 19 vaccine mandates are in serious legal trouble, facing a federal appeals court system that doesn’t seem to buy justifications for having OSHA require private employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated. At the time…
Immediately following the issuance of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring tens of millions of workers to be vaccinated against Covid 19, Secretary of Labor Matt Walsh sowed confusion by claiming that most truck drivers will be exempted from it.…
After a long wait, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) enforcing President Biden’s mandate requiring private employers of more than 100 workers to have all of them vaccinated against Covid 19 no…
A survey found that found most employers, 90%, believe it will be somewhat or very challenging to implement the Biden mandate that employers with 100 or more workers require them to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. Conducted by the…
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released a draft rule that would make the state’s Covid 19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) permanent (for at least two years). The proposed permanent rule does not at this point include a…
Although many professionals have embraced hybrid work arrangements, staffing firm Robert Half found that a majority of companies anticipate there will be a full return to the office once the pandemic ends. According to a survey of over 2,800 senior managers,…