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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.
The U.S. announced new travel restrictions this week preventing all travelers from entering the U.S. who were physically present within 14 days in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi, except U.S. citizens and permanent residents. MORE.
So far, Queensland has experienced comparatively limited numbers of COVID-19 cases and relatively limited business and lifestyle restrictions. MORE.
The Biden Administration’s various vaccine and/or testing mandates for employers with over 100 employees, certain healthcare providers, and federal contractors, continue to face significant legal challenges. Following is an update on the status of those legal challenges. MORE.
A federal judge has rejected Florida’s request to temporarily halt the implementation of the mandatory vaccination rules implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Accordingly, covered health care employers should be evaluating what to do in light of the conflict between Florida’s new vaccination law and the CMS rules. MORE.
As previously reported, on November 30, a federal judge in Kentucky halted the implementation of the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Now, a federal judge in Georgia has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. Unlike the limited injunction issued in Kentucky, the Order issued in Georgia on December 7, 2021, blocks the vaccine mandate countrywide. MORE.
The status of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) mandating COVID-19 vaccinations or testing of employees for those employers with 100 or more employees remains fluid and uncertain. MORE.
Governor DeSantis has signed into law the Florida Legislature’s bills addressing COVID vaccinations, effective November 18, 2021 through June 2023. MORE.
In a recent Arbitration Award, Arbitrator Jesin addressed the issue of whether and when employees who are required to isolate because of possible exposure to COVID-19, are entitled to sick pay or wages during their self-isolation period. MORE.
Late on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, a federal district court issued an order halting Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s (“CMS”) regulations that would require all covered staff to be vaccinated by December 5, 2021. MORE.
On November 10, 2021, we informed our readership of an arbitration award between UFCW and Paragon Security, in which Award Arbitrator Fred von Veh upheld a mandatory COVID-19 policy that had been implemented by the employer, Paragon Security. MORE.
The Government has today published the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (the “Bill”), and in doing so has provided a significant update on how it envisages resolution to disputes over commercial rent arrears incurred during the Coronavirus pandemic. The news will be of great interest to all landlords and tenants with an interest in commercial premises, and is of particular importance to those in the hospitality and retail sectors. MORE.
In a recent decision, Watson v National Jet Systems Ltd [2021] FWC 6182, the Fair Work Commission has found that it was lawful and reasonable to require staff to wear a face mask, even in the absence of a health direction mandating masks. MORE.
On November 30, 2021, a federal district court in Kentucky temporarily blocked the federal contractor vaccine mandate from taking effect in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. MORE.
“Please, sir, I want some more.” These, of course, are the famous words spoken by the eponymous young orphan in Charles Dickens’ celebrated novel Oliver Twist as he timidly asks the master of the workhouse for a further helping of gruel. As with many of his epic works, the lauded writer used this book to expose the social injustices and cruel hardships endured by poor people in 19th century London. Hence, the term “Dickensian” is synonymous with scenes of squalor, grime, hunger and impoverishment. MORE.
Do you think Carrie Lam listens to music? Unlikely, given that our famously workaholic Chief Executive insists she never relaxes. A pity, because an hour with Frank Sinatra and his swinging songs certainly puts a spring in your step and makes you think wistfully of happier times and alluring locations. MORE.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a new Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) in the Federal Register today. MORE.
When the federal government issued its new COVID-19 vaccine mandates[1] on November 5th for employers with 100 or more employees, the rules implemented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) received most of the media’s attention. MORE.
In an arbitration between the UFCW (the “Union”) and Paragon Security (the “Employer”), the Union grieved the Employer’s implementation of a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy on September 3rd, 2021 (the “Policy”). The Employer had previously issued a notice to its security guard employees in which they were advised that all employees were to be fully vaccinated by October 31st, 2021. MORE.
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the highly anticipated Informal Rule with Comment Period (IFC)[i] requiring employees of Medicare and Medicaid-participating health care facilities to be vaccinated for COVID-19. MORE.
On November 5, 2021, the federal Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing, Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. The ETS includes over 150 pages of commentary by OSHA explaining its reasoning for the ETS. 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.
