[Updated]: Guidance Issued as Employers Navigate the End of the COVID-19 Emergency Declarations
Recently, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively “the Departments”) issued guidance in the form of ...
COVID-19 Vaccines
[Updated]: Public Health Emergency Extended Once Again: Impact to Group Health Plans
Effective October 13, 2022, the COVID-19 public health emergency once again was extended through January 11, 2023 by the Department of Health and Human ...
[Updated]: COVID-19 Emergency Declarations Anticipated to Expire: Impact to Group Health Plans
Update on 4/18/2023: The Department of Labor (DOL) has informally commented that the Outbreak Period will continue to run through...
[Updated] New York Requires Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave
On March 12, Governor Cuomo signed Senate Bill S2588A (the “Bill” or “Act”) which amends New York Labor Law and ...
Adapting Sequoia Workplace to the New World of Work
When we launched Sequoia Workplace (formerly the Return to Work Center) in June 2020, we could not have anticipated the many ...
FDA-Approved Second COVID-19 Booster: Impact on Group Health Plans
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a second booster dose for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the ...
[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 ...
New York City Releases Guidance on Workplace Vaccine Mandate
New York City (NYC) has released much anticipated guidance on its new citywide workplace vaccine mandate previously announced on December 6...
Attitudes have changed dramatically about vaccine mandates this year, but indecision reigns over how to handle the non-compliant
More than half of the companies we surveyed now require COVID-19 vaccination to return to the workplace – up from 4 percent ...
Federal Agencies Release Guidance on Group Health Plan Premium Discounts for COVID-19 Vaccination
On October 4, 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the Departments) jointly released an FAQ that ...