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On November 29, 2021, a federal court in Missouri issued a preliminary injunction to halt the Biden administration’s enforcement of a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 states.  The mandate was recently released on November 4, 2021 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) as an Interim […]

On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) updated its Guidance document  and FAQ site to extend the deadline by which covered contractor employees must be fully vaccinated.  The original Guidance required covered contract employees to be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021.  That date was recently […]

Several states including Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah and Mississippi, and a group of private businesses, religious organizations, and individuals filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday, November 5, 2021, claiming that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) exceeded its […]

Alongside the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on vaccination and testing, CMS has released its companion rule requiring vaccination for certified Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers.  The Interim Final Rule with comment period (“IFR”), which was released on November 4, 2021, will be officially published on November 5, […]

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  The ETS will be officially published on November 5, 2021 in the Federal Register.  Importantly, the ETS mandates that employers under its jurisdiction with 100 or more employees require […]