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75% of large employers would scrap vax mandates

12/23/2021
Three-quarters of large employers that would be subject to the Biden administration’s on-hold vaccinate-or-test mandate say they will not require employees to get covid-19 vaccines if courts permanently strike down the requirement.

Start 2022 by checking in on employees’ mental health

12/16/2021
Some of your employees are working through mental health issues of varying degrees caused by all this stress, change and loss. The hard part is figuring out what we as employers can do and should do. Here are five suggestions.

3 in 10 unvaxxed people would lie to keep their jobs

12/16/2021
Among unvaccinated U.S. employees, 28% say they would consider lying about their COVID vaccination status or fabricating documents in order to keep their jobs.

Proposed OSHA heat rule may affect you

12/16/2021
When OSHA released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings on Oct. 27, it didn’t make a big splash the way its covid-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard did when it came out just days later. However, the proposed heat rule has the potential to affect millions of employers, protecting employees from heat-related harm in almost every work setting, including indoors.

Injunction halts vax mandate for federal contractor employees

12/14/2021
The U.S. District Court for Southern Georgia on Dec. 7 issued a nationwide injunction forbidding the government from enforcing a White House executive order that directed federal contractors to require all employees to be vaccinated against covid-19. The Biden administration is expected to appeal.

’Tis the season to start worrying about all sorts of things: Welcome to our first Friday wrap of December

12/03/2021
There’s plenty to worry about this time of year: shopping, travel, family coming home for the hoidays …. What you don’t need to worry about? December payroll issues, because we’re your elf on a shelf.

Snapshot: Most workers approve of vaccine mandates

11/30/2021
A majority of American workers say they favor employers requiring employees to be vaccinated against covid-19.

EEOC clarifies what’s pandemic retaliation

11/29/2021
The EEOC has updated its retaliation guidance for the coronavirus pandemic age, releasing a new technical assistance document explaining how to balance employee anti-retaliation rights under the ADA, Title VII and other laws against an employer’s need to enforce covid health and safety protocols.

Employers moving ahead with vax mandates

11/29/2021
Employers remain committed to requiring employees to be vaccinated against covid even if courts rule OSHA cannot make them do so.

DOJ asks court to let OSHA vaccine mandate take effect

11/29/2021
The Biden administration in late November filed court papers asking the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a stay that halted implementation of OSHA’s emergency temporary standard requiring employers of 100 or more to force employees to either be vaccinated against covid-19 or be tested weekly.