By: Kathleen R. O’Toole, Esq. and Brendan P. Kelley, Esq.
Category: Employment Litigation and Counseling
Gazing Into the Employment Law Crystal Ball: Artificial Intelligence, Pay Transparency, and Overtime Rule Changes
By Kathleen R. O’Toole and Brendan P. Kelley
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate for Large Employers
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court dealt a swift – but not final – blow to the OSHA standard requiring vaccination or weekly testing of workers at private employers with 100 or more employees.
Employers Beware: M.G.L c. 149, § 52C Right to Rebut Trumps At-Will Employment
By Alexis P. Theriault, Esq., Business Litigation, Insurance & Employment Attorney at Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
Return of the ETS: Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of Vaccination or Weekly Testing Mandate for Large Private Employers; OSHA Issues New Deadlines
On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay of the OSHA standard requiring vaccination or weekly testing of workers at private employers with 100 or more employees that the Fifth Circuit previously imposed. The emergency temporary standard (ETS) is again in effect, and employers should continue or resume preparing for compliance.