To our dedicated followers, if you are keeping score, we last reported that the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Emergency Temporary Standard dictating larger employers implement a vaccine or testing mandate in its decision on January 13, 2022. (Supreme...
Vaccine Mandates
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS, But Upholds CMS Vaccine Mandate
On January 7, 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on two COVID-19 related federal vaccine or test mandates. Those arguments centered on whether the Court should enjoin the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Emergency...
Nationwide Injunction Lifted on CMS Vaccine Mandate; Mandate Remains Enjoined in N.D.
Back in November, we informed you that a federal court in Missouri temporarily halted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule, requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies for most employers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, in...
Stay Lifted on OSHA ETS
On December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion, dissolving the stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) for large employers. What does this mean? This means OSHA’s ETS rule, requiring...
North Dakota Employer’s Blog: Another Mandate on Hold. CMS Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule Blocked in North Dakota.
On November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri temporarily ordered that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stay implementation and enforcement of its interim rule requiring health care settings that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs...
North Dakota Employer’s Blog: Hold that mandate. OSHA Vaccine ETS Blocked by the Fifth Circuit – What to do next.
Still trying to figure out the newly issued large employer Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing issued last week? Well, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked its enforcement, at least in Mississippi, Texas, and...
North Dakota Employer’s Blog: CMS Releases Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule for Health Care Workers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule, requiring health care settings that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for most of its employees. The rule is effective today, November 5, 2021. Here...
North Dakota Employer’s Blog: OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination Testing and Emergency Temporary Standard Issued
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its much-anticipated COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which will be effective November 5. The ETS requires all employers with 100 or more employees to either (1)...
North Dakota Employer’s Blog: Biden Administration Orders Various Vaccine Mandates
The Mandates On September 9, 2021, the Biden administration instructed OSHA to develop an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers who are subject to OSHA regulations, with more than 100 workers, to either mandate vaccination that employees receive the...