Safety/Health

Is it time to drop your vaccine mandate?

03/24/2022

Is it time for employers to rethink their covid-19 policies, including requiring employees to be vaccinated and boosted as a condition of employment? The answer depends on a number of factors. Before making a decision on internal vaccine mandates, weigh these issues.

Follow 3-part plan for returning to work

03/03/2022

New CDC guidance maps the way from pandemic to endemic, like influenza. Coronavirus may become something that’s always there—hovering in the background—that we learn to work around. For employers, making that transition will require following a three-part strategy.

Snapshot: Return-to-work vax status

03/01/2022

Roughly one in five employees who work on-site say their employer required them to get a covid-19 vaccine.

Remote work leads to spike in tech ailments

02/24/2022

As more people work from home, all that increased screen time and makeshift office furniture is leading to an increase in technology-related injuries.

DOL: That guy you just fired might be a whistleblower

02/24/2022

OSHA has a litigation unit devoted solely to enforcing 20 different whistleblower laws that fall under the Department of Labor’s jurisdiction. Here’s an example of the kind of case this unit handles.

Snapshot: Whose mental health suffered during the pandemic?

02/15/2022

Among employees surveyed, more women and millennials reported their mental health declined in the last two years.

Employers surviving predicted covid-suit flood

02/10/2022

According to the Fisher Phillips law firm, since March 2020, about 4,400 lawsuits have claimed covid-related labor and employment law violations. More than half were quickly dismissed or closed, often with relatively low settlement offers.

Let FLSA guide policy on pay for vaccinations

02/03/2022

OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate is gone, but confusion remains for employers with their own vax policies wondering whether they must pay employees for time they spend getting covid shots.

Half of private employers will still require vaccines

02/01/2022

OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate may be DOA, but half of private-sector employers have already instituted their own vax requirements or plan to.

Your own vax mandate? How to make the call

01/27/2022

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against OSHA’s vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees, it’s up to employers to make their own call about whether to require employees to be vaccinated or to leave the choice up to individual workers. Here’s how some employers are handling the uncertainty.