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DeBlasio's Parthian Shots: What Businesses Need to Know
Days after New York City announced its first positive case of the Omicron variant, Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced a sweeping upcoming vaccine mandate for virtually all private employers in the City. According to…
The Federal COVID Vaccine Rule is Here
In September, as the Delta variant was sweeping the nation, President Biden announced a comprehensive national strategy to get more Americans vaccinated and to set the path out of the pandemic. As part of this plan,…
Show Me a HERO: Department of Labor Clarifies New York’s HERO Act
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the serious threat posed by unchecked airborne infectious diseases, and has prompted New York to pass the Health and Essential Rights Act (aka the “HERO Act”), which serves to…
The New Employee Status: Vaccinated or Unvaccinated
What to expect from the projected increase in vaccine requirements, restrictions, and lawsuits in the months ahead . With the highly transmissible Delta variant surging, and vaccination rates stagnating, employers are…
Vaccination: To Mandate or Not to Mandate?
U.S. employers have known for a while that they can require their employees to get an FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccine. As recently as a couple of months ago, however, most employers weren’t doing that, with a few…