On December 27, OSHA announced it is allowing its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for healthcare facilities to sunset but that it would continue to work on a permanent standard for COVID-related hazards. OSHA formally withdrew the non-recordkeeping portions of the ETS, but the recordkeeping requirements for employers covered under a separate rule which require them […]
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect, ruling the administration had likely exceeded its procurement authority. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a “tragic toll,” the government cannot act outside its lawful authority even “in pursuit of desirable ends,” U.S […]
OSHA Ends Healthcare ETS
On December 27, OSHA announced it is allowing its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for healthcare facilities to sunset but that it would continue to work on a permanent standard for COVID-related hazards. OSHA formally withdrew the non-recordkeeping portions of the ETS, but the recordkeeping requirements for employers covered under a separate rule which require them […]
Georgia Judge Blocks Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect, ruling the administration had likely exceeded its procurement authority. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a “tragic toll,” the government cannot act outside its lawful authority even “in pursuit of desirable ends,” U.S […]