On December 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Louisiana District Court’s preliminary injunction blocking the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. What does that mean for businesses that would have been affected by the mandate? …
Employees can claim a religious exemption to their employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy, and many employers are struggling with the question: “What is a valid religious exemption?” Although the Biden Administration’s executive order on vaccine mandates for federal contractors has …
As you may know, on September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an “Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.” This Executive Order requires all federal contractors and subcontractors to include a clause in all “contracts …
More and more Texas employers are asking whether it is legal to require employees to get vaccinated and whether they can terminate or refuse to hire employees who refuse. In an Order issued June 12, 2021, a federal judge in …
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) made significant changes to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)’s paid leave provisions, including: Expanding the available tax credits for employers who provide paid leave voluntarily, Providing three additional qualifying reasons for voluntary …
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law March 11, 2021, contains a number of provisions that will impact employers, including COBRA subsidies for employees or their family members who would otherwise lose their healthcare due to involuntary termination …
Highly ethical companies and entrepreneurs know the great challenges that COVID-19 keeps posing to their efforts to honor all aspects of their business contracts. Fortunately, many are now asking their lawyers to review the key terms of all their business …
