Federal workers with natural COVID-19 immunity file class action suit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Attorneys from the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Austin, TX-based Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing almost a dozen federal workers in a class action lawsuit against their employer, the...
COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2022
State COVID-19 vaccination mandates increased vaccinations among direct caregivers without negatively affecting staffing levels, according to the results of a study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
Business briefs, July 13
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2022
Genesis workers identified in amended challenge to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate … State budget provides for increased staffing, accountability in SNFs … Older adults lack knowledge about Medicare...
$10.3 million settlement sends ‘strong warning’ to employers with vaccine mandates, attorney says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
A $10.3 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that challenged a private healthcare employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy sends a “strong warning” to companies to consider workers with religious...
Federal court declines to lift stay on OSHA vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2021
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined Friday to lift its stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers, following a Nov....
Providers consider upcharging unvaccinated employees for health insurance if premiums increase
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2021
With vaccine mandates seeping into long-term care facilities around the country, many providers still allow regular testing as an alternative for those who aren’t vaccinated. Some, however, are looking...
Biden administration petitions court to reverse stay on OSHA vaccination mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 24, 2021
The Biden administration in court papers filed early Tuesday urged the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to dissolve a workplace COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate ordered by another court.
Staff COVID-19 vaccinations have risen 25 percentage points under CMS mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff jumped 25 percentage points nationally thanks in no small part to a CMS mandate imposed earlier this year.
Terminated, unvaxxed workers sue CCRC for religious discrimination
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2022
A Spanish Fort, AL, continuing care retirement community is facing legal action for the late November 2021 firing of workers who refused the mandated COVID-19 vaccination for religious reasons.
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...