Federal court declines to lift stay on OSHA vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2021
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined Friday to lift its stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers, following a Nov....
Federal vaccine mandate challenges mounted by states; court issues temporary stay
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2021
Before even two days had passed after the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued COVID-19 vaccination requirements Thursday, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked...
Vaccinate or get tested regularly: OMB signs off on OSHA’s vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2021
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s much-anticipated vaccine mandate is expected to be published in the Federal Register as soon as Thursday, according to experts.
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
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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...
All states must comply with forthcoming COVID vaccine mandate, former OSHA official says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 29, 2021
Individual states do not have the authority to opt out of the emergency temporary standard on workplace COVID-19 vaccines and testing expected to be released soon by the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
State lawmakers ponder severing ties with OSHA over federal COVID vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 28, 2021
Some Republican leaders in Florida are set on “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” by severing ties with the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the forthcoming...
Federal COVID vaccine mandate edges closer to going into effect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 15, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration sent a draft of preliminary language to the White House Tuesday regarding the forthcoming emergency temporary standard for mandatory...
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...
Some workers fear loss of income over vaccine refusal; unions unlikely to challenge federal mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2021
Unvaccinated workers could face higher health insurance premiums or even risk employment termination in light of President Joe Biden’s order last week that employers with 100 or more workers require...
OSHA vaccination-and-testing mandate cases now moot, appeals court says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2022
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that all cases challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-or test mandate are now moot, as OSHA withdrew on January 26, the emergency...
