Labor and Employment Law Blog

Supreme Court Confronts OSHA ETS

In a specially scheduled oral argument today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two issues involving the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  One issue pertained to the merits of the appeal and whether the OSHA ETS was valid and enforceable.  The second issue confronted by the justices was the issuance of temporary stay of the OSHA […]

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Sixth Circuit Wins ETS Lottery and OSHA Suspends ETS-Related Activities

Yesterday, November 16, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”) held a lottery to select the federal appeals court to address the 34 petitions seeking review of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). Since the ETS was published on November 5, 34 petitions had been filed in 12 different federal appeals courts […]

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OSHA’s Vaccination and Testing ETS Suspended

On Friday, November 5, Snell & Wilmer published a Legal Alert and blog regarding the provisions and effective dates of the federal OSHA Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (‘ETS”). We noted that legal actions objecting to the enactment and enforcement of the ETS were filed across many jurisdictions on Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5. […]

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COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS

Almost two months after President Biden’s announcement of his administration’s mandatory vaccination plan, yesterday, November 4, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  The ETS becomes enforceable today, November 5, 2021.  Essentially, it requires all employers employing 100 or more employees to draft, adopt and implement a […]

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