COVID-19 represented an important historical and political turning point in the world of work and employee and employer regulation. As this pandemic becomes less of a primary feature and more of a background fixture in the workplace, our team invites…

Many employers are receiving invitations to register for the OFCCP’s Contractor Portal. Those of you who have followed the OFCCP’s news releases to this point may know the Portal by its prior name of Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (which…

This afternoon, two hotly anticipated Supreme Court decisions were published regarding two of the Biden Administration’s four vaccine mandates: the OSHA Large Employer Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) and the CMS Interim Final Rule (“IFR”). The Supreme Court ordered the OSHA…

In the late afternoon of Friday December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the nationwide stay imposed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on OSHA’s enforcement of its vax-or-test mandate. (An oddity…

On November 5, 2021, Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama Act 2021-561 (Alabama Senate Bill 9) into law. The Act requires any employer who implemented a vaccine mandate to provide employees with the opportunity to apply for medical or religious exemptions,…

On November 4th, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) released its much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 vaccinations for large employers. The policy requirements take effect December 5th, and the vaccination requirements must be fully implemented by January…