Christian groups appeal to Supreme Court to block OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2021
Following the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Friday that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration can enforce a vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies, multiple faith-based...
All states must comply with forthcoming COVID vaccine mandate, former OSHA official says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 29, 2021
Individual states do not have the authority to opt out of the emergency temporary standard on workplace COVID-19 vaccines and testing expected to be released soon by the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
3 states could lose ability to enforce workplace safety rules due to not protecting healthcare workers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2021
The Labor Department put three states on notice that they could lose their authority to enforce their own workplace safety rules due to their refusal to adopt federal rules to protect healthcare workers...
New OSHA standard requires paid time off for vaccination, COVID case tracking and notification
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2021
Masking and social distancing remain at forefront of a new emergency temporary standard for healthcare workers issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational and Health Administration. The standard...
Labor Department extends comment period for OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended until Jan. 19 the comment period for its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard.
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...