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Governor Hochul Unmasked: New York Judge Strikes Down State Mask Mandate
Judge Thomas Rademaker, a New York State Supreme Court Judge in Nassau County, yesterday issued an order striking down the statewide mask mandate issued by the Department of Health in December, which requires that all…
I Hear That Whistle Blowing: New York’s Expanded Whistleblower Law Raises Volume On Employers
New York State lawmakers have done it again – amending an often-forgotten whistleblower statute of limited application into a sweeping new source of employee rights that should make employers listen up and take notice.…
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 Latest on Vaccines and Other COVID News
In a one-line ruling on Monday, December 13, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the last of the legal challenges to the vaccine mandate for health care workers in New York. It also dismissed a challenge to a…