CDC COVID Guidance for Isolation/Quarantine/Return to Work

This past month, it seems like every branch of our government – from the President himself all the way down to school superintendents, and everyone in between – has imposed new (and often contradictory) COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

This has placed even the most conservative, safety-minded employers in an awkward, even impossible position. Do you comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Emergency Temporary Standards (“OSHA ETS”) mandate requiring vaccines, or Florida’s recently enacted statute, banning such requirements? Is mandatory masking alright? What about vaccine cards?

Christine SensenigJanuary 11, 2022Vaccine, COVID, CDC, COVID Guidance, Covid019

Breaking News! President Biden's September 9. 2021 Vaccine Mandate

We are sure that many of you heard that on September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the federal government will soon be imposing mandatory vaccination requirements on all private-sector US employers with 100 or more employees.

Christine SensenigSeptember 10, 2021COVID, Vaccine, Mandate, Joe Biden

COVID-19 Vaccine Policies in the workplace — what you need to know now

On May 28, 2021, the EEOC finally updated its guidance from December 16, 2020 regarding the ins and outs of vaccinations in the workplace. As COVID-19 vaccinations are now readily available for every American adult and now child who wants one, and as this is the first major guidance on this subject from the EEOC over six months, the major points of the EEOC’s latest word on the subject are well worth understanding. The new guidance breaks down to four major topics: (1) mandatory vaccination policies; (2) accommodations; (3) information about employee vaccination status; and (4) vaccine incentives. We’ll examine each subject in turn.

Christine SensenigJune 22, 2021