One word explains why the Supreme Court allowed the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to require the staff of twenty-one types of Medicare and Medicaid healthcare providers to be fully vaccinated (the “CMS Mandate“), while it stayed the OSHA vaccine-or-test mandate. Continue reading
As fast and mercurial as HR compliance has been in the age of COVID-19, we hit hyperdrive in the past few months.
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Yesterday was an “opinion day” at the Supreme Court. And, at 10 AM, as expected, the Supreme Court issued an opinion.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the OSHA vax-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) case. Continue reading
Waiting (im)patiently until 10 am for this Supreme Court OSHA vax-or-test mandate ruling like…
Perhaps, I’ll be back later today with a second blog post.
Eventually **clicks refresh again on the Supreme Court’s website**, yes, eventually, the Supreme Court is going to decide whether to stay OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate a/k/a the Emergency Temporary Standard a/k/a the ETS.
If the Supreme Court enters a stay, that means the ETS is dead, right?
Well, maybe not everywhere–especially if your state has an OSHA-approved state plan.
We still don’t know **clicks refresh on the Supreme Court’s website** whether the OSHA vax-or-test mandate will survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
But, in the meantime, the Biden Administration announced some big news yesterday about at-home COVID-19 tests. Continue reading
As a younger lawyer, I once told a client — right before an age discrimination trial — that winning the case would be like sinking a two-foot putt.
In an unintentionally-pervy post a few days ago, I told you that the CDC was considering amending its COVID-19 isolation guidance for asymptomatic individuals (and those with resolving symptoms) to include testing.
That change did follow. Except, here’s the thing. You can test if you want to. Or you can leave those tests behind.
It’s the safety (gui)dance. Continue reading
After yesterday’s blog posts, you must be somewhat perplexed. Continue reading
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