▼
Showing posts with label Covid-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covid-19. Show all posts
Saturday, November 13, 2021

BREAKING NEWS: 5th Circuit issues new order continuing its stay of the OSHA vaccine-or-test ETS

›
In a 22-page opinion issued last night that I can only describe as a scathing rebuke of OSHA's vaccine-or-test emergency temporary stan...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

Coronavirus Update 11-11-2021: Religious groups tell 5th Circuit that the OSHA vaccine mandate is a “sin against God"

›
In a filing made with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the petition seeking to strike down OSHA's "vaccine or test...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Coronavirus Update 11-10-2021: Federal judge grants injunction victory to United on its vaccine mandates, but signals that this war is far from over

›
A U.S. federal district court judge ruled that an employer can impose on its employees a Covid-19 vaccine mandate that provides unpaid leave...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Coronavirus Update 11-9-2021: White House tells employers to proceed with vaccine mandate despite 5th Circuit stay; I concur

›
People should not wait. They should continue to move forward and make sure they’re getting their workplace vaccinated. – White House Deputy ...
Monday, November 8, 2021

Coronavirus Update 11-8-2021: Let’s talk about Aaron Rogers

›
Last Wednesday, Aaron Rodgers, future Hall of Fame quarterback for the first-place Green Bay Packers, tested positive for Covid-19. This fac...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

BREAKING NEWS: OSHA publishes its vaccine-mandate emergency temporary standard

›
Write down November 4, 2021, as the Employment Lawyer Superbowl. At 8:45 am this morning, OSHA published its Covid-19 Vaccination and Testin...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-28-2021: EEOC publishes its own internal Religious Accommodation Request form

›
"Jon, we have so many employees asking us for religious accommodations from our workplace Covid rules, including our vaccine mandate. ...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-27-2021: No, employers, you can’t fire employees who complain about Covid health and safety issues

›
An employee sends this email to all of his coworkers: "It has come to my attention that an employee has tested positive for COVID-19. I...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-26-2021: EEOC updated Covid-19 technical guidance to address religious vaccine objections

›
Religious accommodations to vaccine mandates continue to be the number one issue occupying the time and energy of HR practitioners and emplo...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-25-2021: Lawsuits challenging employer vaccine mandates are borderline frivolous

›
More than 130 employees of the City of Chicago have filed a lawsuit against their employer challenging its Covid-19 vaccine mandate. CNN ha...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-21-2021: Nick Rolovich v. Pope Francis

›
Compare the following two statements, and then let's talk. 1. "It is a tragic and damning commentary on our culture … that Coach Ro...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-20-2021: How to spot a fake vaccine card

›
The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane 21 games for violating the League's Covid-19 protocol. His offense: supplyin...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

UPDATE: HIPAA (mis)information and the Covid vaccine

›
Earlier this week I wrote about a national payroll provider that shared some very incorrect information about an employer’s HIPAA responsib...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-14-2021: We still don’t know what OSHA’s vaccine standard says … but we’re getting closer

›
Late Tuesday, news broke that OSHA had submitted in vaccine mandate Emergency Temporary Standard to the White House’s Office of Informatio...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-13-2021: Unfortunately I need to keep clarifying misconceptions about HIPAA

›
I came across the following information on the website of a prominent national payroll provider: Q: In what ways can/should HR departments ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-12-21: A prior Covid infection is not a defense to an employer’s vaccine mandate

›
"I don't need the vaccine; I've already had Covid and have superior natural immunity " is a popular refrain from some peop...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-11-21: World Mental Health Day

›
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. It was also day 579 of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Covid-19 has altered all of our lives; all employees a...
Thursday, October 7, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-7-21: EEOC brings its first pandemic-related lawsuit over a denied WFH accommodation

›
The fact that an employer temporarily excused performance of one or more essential functions when it closed the workplace and enabled employ...
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Coronavirus Update 10-5-21: Would you rather? Get fired? Or get the Covid-19 vaccine?

›
Last week I asked a simple question on LinkedIn :  If your employer is mandating the Covid vaccine, would you rather get fired or get the sh...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Coronavirus Update 9-29-21: We need to talk about the rise in anti-Semitism and Nazi symbolism

›
"You're being a Nazi by mandating masks and vaccines." "'Papers, please.' I refuse as a condition of entering a s...