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Pandemic Response
[Updated] New York State Releases COVID-19 Quarantine Leave Guidance
On January 20, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYS DOL”) announced its position via informal guidance on compliance with ...
[Updated] Highly Anticipated OSHA Standards Released on the COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandate Applying to Large Employers
On November 5, 2021, the highly-anticipated Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency temporary standards (ETS) on the Biden Administration’s vaccine ...
Cal-OSHA Re-Adopts and Expands COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
On December 16, 2021, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Cal-OSHA”) formally readopted and expanded the state’s existing COVID-19 ...
OSHA Vaccine/Testing ETS Stay Dissolved, New Deadline to Comply is January 10, 2022
On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit dissolved the stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary ...
[Updated] Extension on Temporary Policy for Virtual I-9 Verifications
Updated Sept 2021 – The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension on the ...
How Employers Are Caring for Their Employees’ Mental Health During the Pandemic
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows that stress, anxiety, and isolation caused by working from home ...
New York City Enacts Paid Child COVID-19 Vaccine Leave
On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring employers to provide four hours of paid leave to ...
Washington D.C. Requires Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave
On November 18, 2021, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “COVID Vaccination Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021” into law. The Act ...
[Updated] Employee Vaccines & Healthcare Premium Surcharges
Some employers may be contemplating whether to offer a discount on healthcare premiums to vaccinated employees (or, put another way, ...
[Updated] Expansion of State/Local Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19
UPDATED August 2021 to reflect extensions of local ordinances into 2021. This article will be updated as we continue to...
County of Marin Requires COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
The Marin County Board of Supervisions enacted an urgency ordinance that requires employers with 25 or fewer employees in the County’...