by Paula Day | January 26, 2022 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
On Jan. 25, 2022, OSHA withdrew the Nov. 5, 2021, Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) which was in a state of flux from the time it was published until the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the nationwide stay earlier this month. While employers were left wondering what...
by Paula Day | December 17, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
Just when employers began to breathe a sigh of relief, the vaccine mandate implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is revived in 26 states. On Dec. 15, the Fifth Circuit concluded that the Louisiana district court which granted the...
by Paula Day | December 7, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
Today, a federal district court in Georgia stayed the federal contractor vaccine mandate nationwide expanding on the three-state stay entered in Kentucky last week. Acknowledging that COVID-19 vaccines are effective and the fact that the pandemic has taken a tragic...
by Paula Day | December 3, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
There’s been a flurry of activity in federal courts the past few weeks regarding the various federal vaccine mandates with new developments arising daily. States are increasing efforts to block mandates or expand exemptions for employees. Read below for a discussion...
by Suzanne Bach | September 2, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
San Francisco has announced an increase in required health care expenditures for 2022 under its Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO). San Francisco also amended the ordinance to address its applicability to employees who typically work in the city but, due to public...
by Ethan McWilliams | April 7, 2021 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure, State and Local Issues
Amidst the pall of the pandemic, we celebrate little rays of sunshine. Here’s one: San Francisco has postponed its Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) annual reporting obligation for the 2020 calendar year from the end of this month to at least Oct. 31, 2021....
