COVID-19 Federal Vaccination Mandates: Guidance for Employers

COVID-19, Healthcare, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment

What mandates presently apply? Three federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates have proven to be a frequently-moving target for employers nationwide as to both implementation and compliance.  As of the date of this article, all three vaccine mandates are blocked in full or in part. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates as…

U.S. District Court Strikes Down Portions of the Department of Labor’s FFCRA Implementing Regulations

Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19, Healthcare, Arizona Laws

On August 3, 2020, a federal court in New York state struck down portions of the regulations implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”).  In litigation brought by the state of New York against the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), a U.S. District Court, among other things, substantially narrowed the “health care provider”…