Effective today, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its emergency temporary standard (ETS) that required employers with 100 or more employees to have their workforce vaccinated against COVID-19 or routinely tested. The news comes on the heels of several lower courts and the Supreme Court blocking the ETS. After all of these […]
What’s this world coming to when the U.S. government can’t even require its federal employees to be vaccinated? But that’s what happened when a Texas federal judge said “NO” to President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. Jan. 21 was the date when the government could start disciplining federal employees for not being vaccinated. […]
Now that the Supreme Court blocked the federal vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 plus employees, it’s almost a forgone conclusion that it’s dead in the water. But that doesn’t mean you can’t implement your own vaccination or testing requirements. Far from it. In fact, there’s a lot of information Benefits pros can take away […]
The Supreme Court finally announced its ruling on OSHA’s vaccine mandate. It was a two-part decision. First, it allowed the enforcement of the vaccine mandate for 20 million healthcare workers. Secondly, it blocked the vaccine and testing requirement for businesses with 100 or more employees. For employers this is good news since the first compliance […]
With the current COVID-19 surge, more people are needing tests than ever before. The high demand has made COVID-19 tests difficult to come by, and many are forced to wait hours just to be tested. At-home COVID-19 tests are a more convenient (though less accurate) option for people struggling to secure a testing appointment, and […]
Good news, employers. If you have an employee who tested positive for COVID-19 but isn’t showing symptoms, they can come back to work sooner now, according to updated guidance from the CDC. The recommended isolation time for COVID-19-positive people used to be 10 days, regardless of whether the person had symptoms or not. But in […]
Handling benefits, it’s important to keep an eye on what’s going on in the pharmaceutical industry. New pharmacy trends can affect healthcare benefits and budgets. So, here’s a brief overview of what’s been happening and what to watch for. A trend that has emerged over the past year is certain states have proposed legislation to […]
Now that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s ETS on COVID-19 vaccination and testing for employers with at least 100 employees, you’ll probably be looking … and looking for at-home tests. Good luck because right now finding an at-home test is like looking for a needle in a […]
We reported on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8 you should keep working on your compliance with OSHA’s vaccine mandate despite the ongoing court battle. That turned out to be good advice. Because late on Dec. 17, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s ETS on COVID-19 vaccination and testing […]
