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Iowa Employers not subject to the new federal mandate. On Friday, January 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments related to federal OSHA’s Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  As of the time this article was published, the Court had not rendered its decision.  But if the […]

On December 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced its intention to soon issue “a final standard that will protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 hazards” in line with its earlier Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (“Healthcare ETS”). Recall that on June 21, 2021, OSHA promulgated the Healthcare ETS […]

As discussed in the article we published in the early morning hours on Saturday, December 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit gave new life to OSHA’s Vaccination or Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). Late the prior day, the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay that had been […]

On December 17, 2021, a panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit delivered a highly anticipated decision regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  In a divided decision, the Sixth Circuit granted the Biden […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring COVID-19 vaccination for covered healthcare staff has been met with challenge after challenge.  These roadblocks to enforcement will persist under a new decision from the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. On December 13, 2021, the Eighth […]