On September 24, 2021, the Biden Administration’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued Covid-19 workplace safety guidance for federal contractors and subcontractors. The 14-page guidance provides that “covered contractor employees” must be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021, unless a
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On September 29, 2021, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a Guidance Memorandum memorializing her position that student-athletes at private universities should be considered “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The NLRB has
Continue Reading Timeout! NLRB General Counsel Says Student-Athletes Are Employees Who Can Unionize
On September 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized a regulation which allows for penalties up to $1,100 per violation, plus back wages owed, whenever the DOL finds tipped workers have been cheated of tips. Previously, a Trump
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On Thursday September 9, 2021, President Biden outlined a multi-pronged plan to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans in the United States, among other COVID-related initiatives. In addition to issuing an Executive Order implementing vaccination requirements for federal workers and
Continue Reading 13 of Many Questions Raised by President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan and OSHA’s Forthcoming Emergency Temporary Standard
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo followed up her 10(j)-warning shot with another admonition, this time encouraging regions to request the “full panoply of remedies available to ensure that victims of unlawful conduct are made whole for losses suffered as
Continue Reading NLRB GC sends another warning shot, indicating full panoply of remedies are available
In July, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to develop enforcement and implementation procedures for President Biden’s Executive Order 14026. Executive Order 14026, which was signed on April 27, 2021, requires federal contractors
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Almost immediately after the FDA issued full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week, employers began rolling out mandatory vaccination policies. These policies are raising a variety of legal and practical questions for employers, including whether employers are
Continue Reading Paying employees for time spent getting a vaccine? Employers just might have to.
Sparing no time since she issued her Advice Memorandum last week, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC released Memorandum GC 21-05, outlining her position on the importance of 10(j) injunction proceedings.
Section 10(j) of the National Labor
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On August 12, 2021 NLRB General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued her “Mandatory Submissions to Advice” memorandum (Memorandum GC 21-04), outlining her agenda items and priority issues for NLRB Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge, and Resident Officers. The memorandum offers a glimpse
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Today OSHA updated its previously issued “Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace.” The updates focus on: 1) helping employers protect unvaccinated workers (including those who are only partially vaccinated) or otherwise at risk (including
Continue Reading OSHA Updates its Guidance on the Prevention of COVID in the Workplace By Adopting Recommendations Analogous to The CDC’s Latest Findings and Recommendations and Highlighting Manufacturing as a High-Risk Industry
