Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). The ETS establishes minimum COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for private employers with 100 or more employees. As expected, soon after the ETS…
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The National Labor Relations Board (”NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a Memorandum to the NLRB regional offices stating that student athletes at private universities should be considered employees under federal labor law. Abruzzo cautioned in the Memorandum that she…
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Last month, President Biden announced his White House plan that will impose sweeping new vaccine requirements that will mandate vaccinations, potentially impacting millions of employees. The plan includes two major requirements that impact private sector employers:(1) a rule that will…
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has filed its first lawsuit about a request for an Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) accommodation related to COVID-19. This marks the EEOC’s first COVID ADA accommodations related case. The EEOC has filed a…
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