Employment Law Now

Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court re-issued a stay prohibiting the federal government (OSHA) from enforcing its ETS that required large employers to either mandate Covid-19 vaccines or weekly testing. Today's new episode discusses the Supreme Court's decision and the impact on employers.

Last night, December 17, 2021, the 6th Circuit dissolved and eliminated the prior stay of enforcement that was in place for the OSHA ETS. In this special weekend episode, I break down the 6th Circuit's surprising decision and what it now means for employers.

In today's episode, current EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling joins me to talk about the benefits, risks, and EEOC position on employer use of artificial intelligence to make employment-related decisions.

This episode provides the current status of all of the federal vaccine mandates (OSHA ETS, health care industry rule, and federal contractor rule), as well as an update on significant developments on the state and local levels.

Today's new episode summarizes the late-breaking developments with the 5th Circuit's extension of its stay of enforcement of the OSHA ETS, and the impact that today's Circuit Court lottery may have on the ultimate viability of the ETS.

In today's new episode, I break down the primary obligations under OSHA's new ETS on mandatory vaccination and testing, provide an update on current legal challenges, and suggest what employers should be doing right now.

In today's episode, I address one of the biggest challenges employers have faced with mandatory vaccine policies: religious-based accommodation requests. First, I summarize the EEOC's latest update from this week on religious-based accommodations. Second, I am joined by my Cozen colleague, Jeff Pasek, to talk about best practices and how employers should assess religious-based accommodation requests.

In today's episode, I am joined by Dr. Christina Carson-Sacco, the co-founder of The Center for Neuropsychology and Counseling, to talk about the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the mental health of employers and employees, and how all of us can better promote mental health moving forward.

In today's new episode, I provide an update on the anticipated vaccine ETS from OSHA, the EEOC's latest guidance on vaccine incentives, the current obligations under the NY HERO Act, and whether sex addiction is a disability under the ADA.

In today's new episode, we address President Biden's new directive that OSHA issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or weekly testing. We also look at the import of New York State finally designating Covid-19 as a "highly contagious communicable disease."

On today's episode (our 100th!), I talk about the latest developments with Covid-19 vaccines and mandatory vaccine policies, and am joined by my Cozen colleague John Carrigan to discuss what California and other bellwether states are doing on the vaccine issue.

In today's new episode, I discuss big new developments: updates on mandatory vaccine and mask policies, new action to ban non-competes, a big free speech decision, New York regulatory updates, and a proposed wage and hour rule.

Right at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, the EEOC issued new guidance on Covid-19 vaccine policies and incentive programs. Today's episode breaks down the Commission's answers to key questions and what it all means for employers.

Today I am joined by Dan Pascale of safety and security firm Margolis Healy (a Cozen O'Connor affiliate) to identify the workplace violence and safety issues that businesses should be thinking about in 2021.

In today's new episode, I talk about social media and schools (and what that means for employers generally), spousal claims against employers for getting Covid-19 at home, the withdrawal of the independent contractor rule, the new New York HERO Act, and what the CDC just did to eliminate masks.