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In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, you need answers to keep your business running during the crisis — and thriving after the battle is won.
Today, the United States Supreme Court issued rulings on the challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) affecting certain employers with 100 or more employees and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule on vaccine mandates affecting certain healthcare entities. MORE.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court finally brought clarity to the status of the separate COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which provided a vaccine-or-test requirement for employers with over 100 employees, and the rule issued by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), which mandated vaccination for employees of providers who receive Medicaid or Medicare funding. MORE.
Today, January 13, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court issued two significant rulings regarding two of the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. MORE.
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of imbalances within the UK economy and an area that has particularly suffered is the Adult Social Care Sector. MORE.
Following on from our last blog on Mandatory Vaccines, the latest plans by the Government to require all CQC registered employers of health and social care workers, including volunteers, to be vaccinated (unless an exemption applies), have been passed as law. MORE.
On January 10, 2022, the Departments of Labor, the Treasury and Health and Human Services (the Tri-Agencies) released new guidance that requires group health plans to cover certain authorized over-the-counter COVID-19 tests (OTC Tests) purchased on and after January 15, 2022 without cost sharing, prior authorization, or other medical management requirements. MORE.
The Council of Ministers approved the Resolution No. 181-A/2021, dated of December 23rd , 2021 which modifies the measures in the context of the calamity situation, introducing a set of new restrictions. MORE.
As we recently shared, the appellate courts dissolved the nationwide injunction preventing the CMS vaccine mandate from going into effect. CMS has now issued new guidance on deadlines for compliance that will impact Florida healthcare employers. MORE.
Today, January 10, 2022, the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 for employers with 100 or more employees takes effect. MORE.
An increasing number of companies believe so, including a number of household names like Morrisons, Wessex Water and now IKEA. MORE.
This week at BC&C, with the Omicron coronavirus variant at large in Hong Kong, we have implemented our strictest social distancing regime thus far. MORE.
Put on your face mask, check your temperature and use the LeaveHomeSafe app. Then, with health protocols duly observed, please join my whistle-stop tour of 2021 …MORE.
On Friday, December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees. MORE.
It is all hands to the pump to get all adults in the UK a Covid-19 booster vaccine by the end of January. MORE.
After a week of uncertainty, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finally addressed the status of its Healthcare ETS. MORE.
Even as we welcome in 2022, the fear and uncertainty brought about by Covid-19 and its variants is still prevalent and influences decision making throughout the economy. MORE.
After a brief pause in which the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) had stated it would not immediately adopt recently-updated CDC guidelines for COVID-19 quarantine and isolation, the MDHHS announced Friday, December 31 that it will update Michigan’s quarantine and isolation guidelines applicable to the general public to align with the new CDC guidelines. MORE.
In our last blog on mandatory vaccinations, we wrote about an open letter written to the Department of Health and Social Care challenging the introduction of mandatory vaccinations for workers in care homes (unless they have been vaccinated or they are exempt on clinical grounds). MORE.
Just over two years ago – mid-protests and pre-Covid – I took part in a panel discussion on sports law at the LAWASIA Conference in Hong Kong. MORE.
On December 7, 2021, a federal district court in Georgia temporarily blocked the federal contractor vaccine mandate from taking effect nationwide. Less than a week ago, a federal district court in Kentucky temporarily blocked the federal contractor vaccine mandate from taking effect in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. MORE.
Data privacy. Tax strategy. Contract negotiations. Employment matters. Trade concerns. Legal disputes…
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, you need answers to keep your business running during the crisis — and thriving after the battle is won.
