This afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), meaning it is on hold and employers now have decisions to make.
Here are the practical implications that employers need to know:
With the Court’s ruling, the Court has implemented a stay (i.e. a temporary halt) in the enforcement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Omnibus Interim Final Rule (“Final Rule”) takes effect November 5, 2021, and with it comes the requirement that Medicare and Medicaid-certified suppliers, providers, and their staff become vaccinated for COVID-19. As this new rule becomes a new reality, it is essential that all key stakeholders involved understand:
On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that sets COVID-19 vaccination and safety standards for private employers with 100 or more employees. The ETS creates new obligations for employers, new rights for employees, and generally requires compliance within thirty days. Here are ten key
As more workplaces mandate vaccinations, employers and employees alike have experienced confusion about COVID-19 vaccine status and the HIPAA Privacy Rule (the “Privacy Rule”). Some have mistakenly thought that HIPAA restricts disclosure in the workplace setting. HIPAA does not and has never applied to health information employers hold about employees in human resources or personnel
With the Delta variant continuing to surge throughout the country, employers have begun to seriously consider mandatory vaccination policies. On September 9th, we presented a webinar on the topic, pointers of which we will recap below. Shortly after our webinar, the Biden Administration released a COVID-19 Action Plan which combines executive orders with
On August 6, 2021, Acting Governor Susan Bysiewicz issued Executive Order 13B (the “Order”) requiring long-term care facilities to mandate staff members with “direct access” (i.e., physical access) to patients or residents be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Order applies to long-term care facilities, which is defined to include nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living
With the rise in the Delta variant of COVID-19, employers are revisiting the issue of whether to impose mandates for vaccination. This week, Shipman Partner Daniel Schwartz spoke with Dennis House and News8 (WTNH-ABC) about the issue.
For employers, there are some important considerations when developing mandatory vaccination policies. Here are a few key takeaways
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) first released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule on December 10, 2020. OCR extended the deadline for public comment to the NPRM to May 6, 2021 and recently released those
Dan Schwartz will discuss vaccinations on WNPR’s Where We Live on May 11, 2021 live at 9 a.m. and rebroadcast at 8 p.m.
Where We Live, hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil, features conversations about Connecticut and highlights the stories of its residents. The show goes beyond news headlines and interviews with policy-makers.
To listen in
With Governor Lamont’s change to the vaccine distribution program to an age-based rollout starting March 1, 2021, all employers (not simply those “essential” workplaces) must now consider whether to require, or even to encourage, their employees to get the vaccine.
At our webinar earlier this month (which is still available for on-demand viewing here),