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On September 9, 2021, the White House issued Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan (the Plan). The Plan outlines a six-pronged approach, portions of which will impose new obligations on employers across the country.
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During a press conference Thursday afternoon, President Biden announced a broad plan that will include as-yet undefined guidance to require federal contractors to “provide adequate COVID-19 safeguards to their workers performing on or in connection with a Federal Government contract or contract-like instrument.” While the President’s remarks and the Administration’s
On September 9, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden released a sweeping new COVID-19 Action Plan, Path Out of the Pandemic. This Plan includes mandates that employees working for large private employers, the federal government, federal contractors, and healthcare entities be vaccinated against COVID-19.
On September 9, 2021, the Biden administration announced a new plan to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States. A critical component of that plan calls on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop and implement a new emergency temporary standard (ETS) to require employers
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (September 10, 2021) – William Ng, a shareholder in the Long Island office of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been selected as a recipient of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Best Under 40 Award.
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Michael Lotito weighs in on the changes that a new Democratic majority at the National Labor Relations Board is poised to carry out that may dramatically shift the balance of power toward workers and away from employers.
Politico
Michael Lotito discusses Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Labor Day 2021 report, which found that U.S. employers are grappling with employment disruption, changes to work norms and new worker-friendly policies from government.
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Kelly Spina, Lisa Griffith, Jason Stanevich and Terri Solomon outline the New York State Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council’s emergency regulations that create a broad vaccine mandate for New York healthcare facilities.
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Rhonda B. Levy and George Vassos examine Ontario’s announcement that makes COVID-19 vaccination policies mandatory in high-risk settings, including hospitals, schools and daycare settings.
Human Resources Director Canada
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With supporters of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act unable to advance the legislation under the regular rules of the Senate, they are now attempting to move pieces of the legislation by way of special rules relating to the federal budget. Legislative language released on September 8,
To ensure “that the parties that contract with the Federal Government provide adequate COVID-19 safeguards to their workers performing on or in connection with a Federal Government contract,” President Biden has issued yet another executive order (EO) mandating that some federal contractors and subcontractors comply with Guidance published by the
In May 2021, the Arizona Legislature passed and Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill (SB) 1268, which imposes stricter reporting requirements on private-sector labor unions by requiring “similar fiduciary guidelines as required by employers or third-party [benefits] administrators.”
Lawyers representing management need to understand how best to advise clients on how to respond to requests from employees to be exempted from these policies.
By Philip M. Berkowitz | September 8, 2021
