States renew request for U.S. Supreme Court to block healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2022
Attorneys general from nine states on Thursday renewed their request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the legality of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which they...
Business briefs, Oct. 6
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2021
Pay, vaccine mandates top reasons for long-term care worker retention challenges: national survey … Assisted living risks ‘being left behind again’ for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund bonuses, CEO...
Governor bans vaccine mandates by ‘any entity’ in Texas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2021
Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order Monday evening prohibiting “any entity in Texas” from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for an employee or consumer “who objects to such...
Business briefs, Nov. 30
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 30, 2021
Protesters rally against COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at multiple MT locations … Gaylord senior living community to change management in 2022 … Reno, NV, intergenerational complex under...
Business briefs, May 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 03, 2023
WalletHub ranks best, worst cities for nurses … Supreme Court levels playing field for SNFs … HHS ending healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Voting mostly along party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...
Business briefs, Oct. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 20, 2021
Federal judge rejects 11th hour bid to block Oregon vaccine mandate … Operator partners with university to implement ‘care’ robots at nursing homes … Hightower joins the Foundation for Financial...
U.S. appeals court denies religious exemption for state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2021
A three-panel federal appeals court on Friday removed a lower court’s temporary injunction that had allowed healthcare workers to seek religious exemptions to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Federal workers with natural COVID-19 immunity file class action suit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Attorneys from the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Austin, TX-based Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing almost a dozen federal workers in a class action lawsuit against their employer, the...