Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 1, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance about “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” by adding several questions about religious objections employees may have to COVID-19 vaccine requirements under Title VII…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the withdrawal of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued in November 2021 to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers with 100 or more workers from exposure to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor that blocked the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that required employers…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments regarding a COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would require employers with 100 or more employees to protect an…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance due to the COVID-19 pandemic – which were set to expire on December 31, 2021 – to April…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance about “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” by adding a new section to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a disability…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 17, 20201, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated and expanded its guidance on “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” by adding a section titled “M. Retaliation and Interference” to include more information about…
Written (& Updated) By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a rule in the Federal Register for an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing that will require employers with 100 or more employees to protect more…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 13, 20201, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated and expanded its guidance titled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” by adding more questions that may arise under the federal equal employment opportunity (EEO)…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn “At a time when workers are in demand and seemingly in short supply, the background check process has been creating a bottleneck in the workforce supply chain,” according to an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, because “COVID-19, and the resulting health and safety restrictions, slowed down much…
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