by PC Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19), Familes First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), paid sick leave
Driven by a national surge in COVID-19 cases, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and other state legislators, proposed an extension to the state’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) on January 25th, 2022. Specifically, Newsom was joined by California’s Senate...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 25, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
Between January 14 and January 20th, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released separate guidance for three groups of states regarding the health care worker vaccine mandate. Effectively, the CMS mandate is now enforceable in all 50 states....
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
In its ruling on January 13th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Meanwhile, a separate ruling allowed enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 11, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), OSHA, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) heard oral arguments on January 7th, 2022, regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test standard and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS’s) vaccine mandate for...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 11, 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19), Federal Contractors, Vaccinations
In a January 5th, 2022, hearing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the Court) upheld the previous injunction on the federal contractor vaccine mandate. Generally, that mandate would require the vaccination of employees of federal contractors...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 6, 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19), OSHA, U.S. Supreme Court
Starting January 7th, 2022, The U.S. Supreme Court (Court) will hear arguments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). In addition, the Court will listen to arguments on the Centers for...