Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. observed that democracy is messy and hard.
The serial legal battle over COVID-19 and what the federal government can and should make employers do about it illustrates the point. ...more
Litigation usually proceeds at a maddeningly glacial pace. Not this time.
The Past - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ("OSHA") well-publicized and controversial Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") was...more
11/17/2021
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Workplace Safety
It's a case of "Get Ready, Get Set … Wait! -
On Saturday, November 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by various plaintiffs including the Attorney General of...more
Good (and Not So Good) Things Come to Those Who Wait -
Yesterday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") of the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL"), at long last, issued an "Interim final rule" regarding...more
There was a time in which employers and employees weren’t vexed with viruses, vaccines, and their respective duties and rights.
That seems like a long time ago, but it wasn’t. The World Health Organization declared the...more