Category Archives: Rules & Regulations

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccinate-or-Test Rule, Allows Healthcare Worker Mandate

By Rachel D. Gebaide, Morey Raiskin & Abood Shebib Large Employer Vaccine-or-Test Mandate In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court today issued a temporary stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring…

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…

Should you regulate employee cell phone use in the workplace?

Orlando Business Journal As cell phones become increasingly ubiquitous, employers likely have experienced both positive and negative effects of employees’ ability to remain constantly connected. In many fields, business is conducted regularly through cell phones,…

Looking Ahead: President Trump, the Overtime Rule, and Other Impacts on the Employment Landscape

November 10, 2016 By: Rachel D. Gebaide The U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will take effect December 1st unless a federal judge in Texas issues an injunction after a hearing next week in…