The Return of Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to Recover from COVID-19?

BySiarra Sanderson

California Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins reached an agreement on Tuesday to require employers to provide workers with up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to recover from COVID-19 or care for a family member with the virus. If passed, this law would be retroactive from January 1, 2022, extend until September 30, 2022, and would apply to businesses with 26 or more employees.

The Supreme Court Halts Federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccinate-or-Testing Mandate for Large Employers

The Supreme Court Halts Federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccinate-or-Testing Mandate for Large Employers

ByRishi Bhatt

As we predicted, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling blocking the enforcement of federal OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-testing mandates for large employers. In short, the Court has determined that the federal OSHA rules are illegal as they exceed the scope of powers that Congress delegated (granted) to OSHA.

COVID-19 and the United States Supreme Court

COVID-19 and the United States Supreme Court

ByRishi Bhatt

Last Friday (January 7, 2022), the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) heard challenges to the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 rules for large employers and healthcare workers. The arguments lodged in favor of—and against—the rules are complex and interesting in their own right, but readers are most interested in knowing how and when the Court will issue a ruling on the rules. 

Back from the Dead: OSHA’s COVID-19 Rules for Large Employers

ByRishi Bhatt

COVID-19 laws are changing rapidly and unpredictably. This past Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal court in Ohio surprisingly reversed a nationwide injunction against federal OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-testing mandate for large employers (i.e., employers with 100 or more employees). Thus, effective last Friday, the federal OSHA rules (the “Rules”) are back in effect.