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The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace COVID-19 Testing

Photo of Matthew BergerBy Matthew Berger on Posted in COVID-19, EEOC
Until recently, employers had broad discretion to determine whether their employees were required to take COVID-19 tests prior to entering the workplace. However, newly released guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) notes that, as of July 12, 2022, employers must show that mandatory COVID-19 testing is “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”… Continue Reading

Far from Home in the Multiverse of Madness: Where Are We Now with Respect to the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate?

Photo of Marc AntonettiBy Marc Antonetti on Posted in COVID-19
Do you like superhero movies? If you’re like me, you eagerly await the premieres of the new Spiderman movie this week and the Dr. Strange movie next year, where our heroes are expected to delve into the problem of multiple parallel universes that collide and fray. They’ve got nothing on us — here in reality, … Continue Reading

Tax Withholding Policies in a Work-From-Home Environment

Photo of Edward BernertPhoto of Matt HunsakerPhoto of Christopher SwiftPhoto of Michael SemesPhoto of David EbersoleBy Edward Bernert, Matt Hunsaker, Christopher Swift, Michael Semes and David Ebersole on Posted in COVID-19
Working from home some or all of the time has become commonplace and seems likely to continue regardless of what happens with the COVID-19 pandemic. New ways of working require new ways of handling tax withholding. Employers may need to withhold at multiple locations for some employees. Employers should consider implementing internal policies to blunt … Continue Reading

Kentucky Federal Court Issues Three-State Preliminary Injunction Against Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

Photo of Marc AntonettiPhoto of Scott McIntyreBy Marc Antonetti and Scott McIntyre on Posted in Biden Administration, COVID-19
By Marc Antonetti and Scott McIntyre On Nov. 30, 2021, the Eastern District of Kentucky enjoined President Biden’s federal contractor vaccine mandate in Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joseph R. Biden. Under Executive Order 14042, covered contract employees and employees working at covered contractor workplaces are required to receive their final vaccine shot by Jan. 4, … Continue Reading

UPDATE: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Flux

Photo of Marc AntonettiBy Marc Antonetti on Posted in Biden Administration, COVID-19, Federal Contractors, OSHA
The federal contractor vaccine mandate (Executive Order 14042), which we first reported on in September both here and here, apparently will be delayed. Facing industry resistance, multiple lawsuits, and vaccination and accommodation assessment deadlines that are difficult to meet, the White House announced in an evening press call on November 3, 2021 (The White House, … Continue Reading

12 Quick Takeaways from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors

Photo of Marc AntonettiBy Marc Antonetti on Posted in Biden Administration, COVID-19, Federal Contractors, Healthcare
On Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force published its new guidance pursuant to the president’s recent executive order directing that all federal contractors’ employees be vaccinated. The detailed 14-page guidance has a number of important clarifications of who must be vaccinated, by when and what other steps a federal contractor must … Continue Reading

The President’s Vaccine Executive Order – A Prelude of Things to Come for Federal Contractors?

Photo of Marc AntonettiBy Marc Antonetti on Posted in Biden Administration, COVID-19, Federal Contractors
With much fanfare, on Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced, among other wide-ranging proposed requirements for employers generally, a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees and certain government contractors. The president stated that he signed an “executive order that will require federal contractors to” have their employees vaccinated. (“Remarks by President Biden on Fighting … Continue Reading
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