The pandemic is over, says the WHO. What happens now? For employers, it’s a return to business as usual. Whatever that means today.
Continue Reading The End of the Pandemic – An Employer’s Guide
Omicron Variant Will Create More Uncertainty for Employers
It’s been 22 months since my first post on the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking back on that first post way back on January 22, 2020, is more than a little strange. It was couched with a lot of “it’s still too early to know” language like this:
“While it seems too early to implement any
Three Things to Know About Mandatory Vaccination Policies Today
Over the weekend, I was joking with a friend that we’ve seen more changes in employment law in the last 18 months than the last 18 years.
That’s an exaggeration of course. But it certainly does feel like there’s been a lot of changes. Sometimes it’s hard to catch up. So rather than a long
Mandatory Vaccination Policies Go Mainstream
Yesterday, I made a return appearance on This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House to discuss mandatory vaccination policies. (My thanks to Dennis for the invite back.)
If you’ve been following the topic, there isn’t a lot new the last few weeks but here’s what employers should know right now about them:
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- Despite an announcement
Mandatory Vaccination Policies for Employers – The Latest Guidance and Upcoming Webinars
As the Delta variant continues make its presence known, more employers are continuing to explore mandatory vaccination policies for their staff. This comes on the heels of Governor Lamont’s executive order that requires teachers and others to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing.
My colleagues and I have been fielding questions on
Yes You Can – The Employer Vaccine Mandates Are Here
Maybe it’s the Delta variant. Or maybe the publicity regarding Walmart and Disney. But over the last two weeks or so, there’s been a renewed interest in whether employers can mandate vaccines in Connecticut.
Indeed, we have been fielding lots of questions from employers (and friends and family) about mandatory vaccination policies. But many of
About Those Office Reopening Plans: Meet the Delta Variant
Earlier this month, I talked about how the Delta variant could start making more of an impact in this area as it had “already shown itself to be far more contagious than prior strains”. Optimistically, I said that employers probably had some time (maybe two months) to figure out their next steps.
That window of
For Workplaces, What Do We Do Now (Pandemic-Edition)?
As to the workplace and the pandemic, what now? It’s a question I’ve posed before, but each time, there’s something new on the horizon.
There a lot of uncertainty. Adding to the uncertainty, is the near certainty that the Delta variant will start making more of an impact in this area.
Already, we are seeing
Beware the Budget Implementer: New Employment Laws On the Way
If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know that the budget implementer bill in the state legislature always contains more than just budget items. It’s a “must-pass” bill that normally has items that, for one reason or another, didn’t pass during the regular session but that are important to various legislators.
It
Mandating Vaccines at Workplace Is Legal, Says Court
Over the last few months, I’ve noted here and elsewhere that employers can very likely mandate vaccines.
Now are starting to see the first court cases confirm this.
In a decision issued over the weekend, a federal court in Texas rejected claims by a class of workers at a Houston hospital that the hospital’s policy