In the fall of 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042 (EO 14042), which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be...more
On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). This halts OSHA’s enforcement of...more
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Judge R. Stan Baker of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued an order (Order) on December 7, 2021, enjoining the federal government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more
At the direction of the Biden administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule (CMS Rule) on November 5, 2021, requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care...more
11/11/2021
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its highly anticipated draft COVID-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard (Vaccine ETS) yesterday. As anticipated, the rule requires most employers with...more
11/8/2021
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As of June 30, 2021, almost 155 million Americans, 46.7% of the population, had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The vast majority of those individuals are over age 18, and more than 57% of adults over age 18 in the...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) established two limited federal mandates to protect employees of employers with fewer than 500 employees who needed to be absent from work for reasons related to the...more
A federal judge in New York recently invalidated several parts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“USDOL”) regulations related to the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act,...more
8/7/2020
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On June 19 and June 22, 2020, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued new revisions to their First Interim Final Rule concerning the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The Revised Interim Final Rule and the...more
On May 22, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released two Interim Final Rules (“IFRs”) providing additional guidance on Payment Protection Program (“PPP”) loan forgiveness rules and the procedure by which...more
The federal government has committed $670 billion dollars in forgivable loans to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (the...more
After decades of steady decline in union activity, the number and magnitude of strikes in the United States increased sharply in both 2018 and 2019, rising to their highest levels since the early 1980s. Relatively successful...more
Late last month, the federal government committed $349 billion dollars in forgivable loans to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more
Here we clarify PPP eligibility requirements for independent contractors, sole proprietors and individuals with self-employment income, as well as additional guidance regarding partnerships and other issues.
On Tuesday,...more
Since 1993, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has provided job protection to eligible employees who need to take time away from work for specific reasons related to their own health, to care for ill family...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic expands, disrupting lives of everyone around the globe, employers should keep a few guiding principles in mind.
•Keep up with and follow the best public health advice available. The Centers for...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has now issued temporary regulations providing guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which was signed into law on March 18, 2020, and took effect on April 1, 2020,...more
The CARES Act May Pay Your Workers for You-
Title I – Keeping American Workers Paid and Employed Act-
Title II – Assistance for American Workers, Families and Businesses-
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it...more
The worldwide pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and the private and public attempts to respond to and slow its spread, have impacted every aspect of personal and economic life. Given the speed with which...more
The business and legal impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will be far reaching. Below, we address some of the many questions that clients may have regarding supply chain disruption.
What is the first step a...more
Now that cases of the coronavirus disease (dubbed “COVID-19” by the World Health Organization) have been diagnosed in several states, businesses are increasingly encountering a variety of employment-related issues. Here are...more