Following on the heels of a recent ruling that froze President Biden’s government-contractor vaccine mandate in just a few states, the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia has issued a nationwide freeze against that mandate. The mandate would have imposed vaccination requirements on certain federal government contractors and their employees. This nationwide freeze […]
https://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.png00Bill C. Bergerhttps://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.pngBill C. Berger2021-12-07 13:59:092021-12-07 13:59:09President Biden’s government-contractor vaccine mandate blocked by nationwide freeze
Following up on the recent court ruling freezing President Biden’s large-employer vaccine mandate, the federal District Court for the Eastern Disteict of Kentucky has frozen the President’a government-contractor vaccine mandate. The ruling applies in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. It is not unlikely that other courts will likewise freeze the government-contractor vaccine mandate in other areas […]
https://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.png00Bill C. Bergerhttps://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.pngBill C. Berger2021-11-30 19:29:142021-11-30 19:29:14Federal District Court for the District of Eastern Kentucky freezes President Biden’s government contractor mandate
The Sixth Circuit won today’s lottery for litigation involving OSHA rule implementing President Biden’s large-employer vaccine mandate. The Sixth Circuit is generally considered a more conservative bench, signaling the probability it may affirm the Fifth Circuit’s freeze on that rule. The Sixth Circuit is staffed by 20 Republican-appointed judges and 6 Democratic-appointments, with a third […]
In September, the CCRD reminded Colorado employers that the 80 hours of pandemic leave required by Colorado state law remains in effect until at least November 15, 2021, because the federal emergency declaration is still in effect. Now, the CCRD has, in an email to employers dated October 28, 2021, noted that the federal declaration […]
https://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.png00Bill C. Bergerhttps://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.pngBill C. Berger2021-11-11 12:44:462021-11-07 12:45:53CCRD reminds Colorado employers, again, that 80-hour pandemic leave continues to remain in effect
The NLRB issued Memorandum OM 22-03 opining that, if OSHA’s vaccine-or-test rule implementing President Biden’s mandate for employers of 100 or more is ever unfreezed by the courts, then employers with unionized workplaces will have a duty to give their unions notice and an opportunity to bargain. While companies cannot be required to negotiate over […]
https://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.png00Bill C. Bergerhttps://l2slegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/logo-orig.pngBill C. Berger2021-11-11 10:32:372021-11-11 10:37:42NLRB General Counsel warns, if OSHA rule re vaccine-or-test becomes active again, unionized employers will have duty to give notice and opportunity to bargain over discretionary aspects of the rule