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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

Supreme Court Splits on Vaccine Mandates

Last week, the Supreme Court issued two opinions on COVID regulations impacting employers and workers across the country. In the first, the Court stayed OSHA’s “vaccine or test” mandate for employers with 100 or…

UPDATE ON COVID CONSIDERATIONS: Long COVID Now an ADA Disability

UPDATE: December 17, 2021 In a move that comes as no surprise, the EEOC has updated its COVID-19 technical assistance to provide guidance on when COVID-19 may be considered a “disability” under the ADA, making…

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,…

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…

Pride at Work: What Employers Need to Know about LGBTQ+ Rights

As PRIDE month concludes, we look back at a historic year for the rights of LGBTQ+ employees, and ahead for what this means for employers as they manage their workforce. Looking back, it was June 2020 when the Supreme…