Michigan just passed four new COVID-19 bills touching on workplace safety, employee protections, and legal immunity for businesses – and employers will need to be sure to stay on top of state rules if they want to avoid liability or safety concerns. The bills, passed on October 21, were...
where the majority of deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in the pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has announced new public health orders effective July 19 that require care home employers to record the vaccine status for all staff, residents and...
And if you do it from home it is [arranged] online, then there is no misunderstanding for example about this… so that makes it a little bit safer. (2019) In the absence of formal rules guaranteeing equitable access, operators’ decisions to whom to rent their windows, too, are shaped ...
Despite Disney being the latest firm to insist its hybrid workers will now have to return to the office at least four days per week by March 1st, a new survey suggests most companies do not intend to change their rules anytime soon. Think tank,The Conference Board, asked more t...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner's refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19.
How Can You Prepare for the Sunset Date of the Form I-9 Inspection Requirement Flexibility? You do not need to wait until July 31st, 2023, to start physically inspecting employee documents that were initially reviewed virtually. In fact, employers are encouraged to start the physical document in...
US to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:56 AM GMT+8| By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two pe...
“But this week, for example, the Pfizer CEO said they could demonstrate efficacy with very small numbers (Herper2020a) of cases in the placebo and vaccine groups; these numbers seem totally out of line with what would be considered stopping rules. I mean, you're talking about giving a va...
guidelines appear to become more lax. For example, theCDC now requiresa person who tests positive to isolate for five days as compared to the much more rigorous requirements of months and years past. Given this new normal, many employers are asking what if anything is currently mandated in re...
Employers who wish to exercise greater caution may choose to followCDC’s guidance, which is more conservative than Cal/OSHA’s new rules, or CDPH’s more restrictive rules for healthcare workers (at least 5-days isolation with a negative COVID-19 test on day 5 or later, and use of N...