Employment Law COVID-19 Updates (2021)

January - December 2021

• U.S. Supreme Court Sets Oral Argument on OSHA COVID-19 ETS (December 27, 2021)
   
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Dissolves Stay on OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS (December 20, 2021)
   
• California Department of Public Health Issues Guidance for Face Coverings in the Workplace (December 15, 2021)
   
• New York City Announces Sweeping Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers (December 6, 2021)
   
• Current Status of Federal Vaccine or Test Mandate (December 1, 2021)
   
• OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Rule (November 4, 2021)
   
• Biden Administration Announces Sweeping Vaccine Mandate for Numerous Private Employers (Updated September, 13, 2021)
   
• California Department of Health’s Vaccination and Testing Order (August 6, 2021)
   
• California’s Service Industry Rehiring Law (July 21, 2021)
   
• California’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Must be Paid to Terminated Employees Says Department of Labor (May 5, 2021)
   
• COVID-19 Vaccination Paid Leave: What New York Employers Need to Know (April 8, 2021)
   
• Changes to COBRA Requirements as a Result of the American Rescue Plan Act (April 8, 2021)
   
• How to Manage California’s New Expansive COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law (March 29, 2021)
   
• Employers Must Pay California Employees COVID-19-Related Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for up to Eighty Hours (March 24, 2021)
   
• American Rescue Plan Extends Voluntary Sick and Family Leave and Adds New Qualifying Reasons and Extends Unemployment Insurance – What Employers Need to Know (March 19, 2021)
   
• California DFEH Joins EEOC in Approving Mandatory Vaccination for Employees, But Proceed with Caution (March 19, 2021)
   
• Considerations for Employers Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination (January 11, 2021)