Labor & Employment Developments Blog

In honor of the famous holiday song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, this episode will cover twelve thoughts on the vaccine mandates, including:

1. Current status of the mandates;
2. The Supreme Court’s consideration of the OSHA rule;
3. Timing issues created by the OSHA rule;
4. Steps for employers before the deadlines;
5. The costs associated with compliance;
6. Handling accommodation requests;
7. Issues with turnover;
8. Issues with noncompliant employees;
9. State and local laws;
10. Impact of mandates on smaller businesses;
11. Union issues;
12. Communication with employees.

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On Friday evening, employers were delivered updates on two of the federal vaccine mandates, courtesy of the Eleventh and Sixth Circuits. 

The holidays are here again and they represent a minefield for employers. It seems that every year the period of time from mid-November through the end of the year is guaranteed to generate employment litigation. With that in mind, let’s look to Charles Dickens’ beloved character Ebenezer Scrooge to give us some holiday employment law advice on 5 topics.

Hardly a day goes by without some update on the status of the various federal vaccine mandates. As of today, the OSHA ETS, the CMS Rule and the Federal Contractor Rule are all stayed nationwide.