By a hard-hitting 6-3 majority last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from implementing or enforcing its new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
Continue Reading Vaccinate or Test Mandates: The U.S. Supremes Blew Out OSHA’s Mandate, But Other Shoes May Drop for Employers in California
New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 prevention regulations — set to go into effect no later than June 15 — were withdrawn late Wednesday by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. The move took employers
Continue Reading New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations are Withdrawn! Cal/OSHA Huddles Over More Revisions.
Employers in the hotel, event center, airport and private club sectors and those providing services to commercial buildings must now give employees who were laid off due to the COVID-19
Continue Reading Employees Laid Off Due to COVID-19 Pandemic are Given Recall Rights Under New State Law
Although restaurants may now resume outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, the devil, as they say, is in the details. Along with giving restaurants the go ahead for outdoor dining
Continue Reading Outdoor Restaurant Dining in Los Angeles County Comes at a Price: New Requirements
As an unprecedented operation begins to deploy millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, employers question whether they may lawfully require that employees be vaccinated. Today, the U.S.
Continue Reading May Employers Require Employees to be Vaccinated for COVID-19: The EEOC Weighs In
Please join our December 18 webinar “Understanding Cal/OSHA’s New Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation.” The regulation – the most sweeping pandemic-related requirements yet – is now in effect and being enforced.
Continue Reading Important Webinar Invitation: “Understanding Cal/OSHA’s New Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation”
Newly signed legislation makes it easier and faster for employees to obtain workers compensation benefits for contracting COVID-19. The statutes, which went into effect on Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of
Continue Reading Employers Face Greater Burdens for COVID-19-Related Workers Compensation Claims