Category Archives: Vaccine Mandates

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal Selected to Hear Consolidated Challenges to OSHA “Vaccinate or Test” Private Employer Mandate

This afternoon, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced it had randomly selected the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal to hear the consolidated challenges to the OSHA emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) requiring large private employers…

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Orders OSHA to Stop Steps to Implement or Enforce “Vaccinate or Test” Mandate and Issues New Stay Pending Judicial Review of Motions for Permanent Injunction

This afternoon, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its second stay against OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) requiring large private employers to “vaccinate or test” their employees (the ETS is summarized here). The ETS,…

OSHA’s Vaccination & Testing Standard Officially Published Today, November 5, 2021

As you’ve likely heard by now, OSHA fulfilled the task assigned to it by the Biden Administration by publishing a new emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) targeted at private employers with 100 or more employees. We…

Texas Executive Order Bans COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Private Employers

Late in the afternoon on October 11, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA 40 prohibiting “any entity,” including private employers, from requiring any individual, whether an employee or a consumer,  receive a…