On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation held a lottery-style drawing to select which of…
On Friday, November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a 22-page decision (linked here)…
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released the Emergency Temporary Standard regarding COVID-19 Vaccination…
In our series discussing the new workplace initiatives under the Biden Administration, we will first look at the Biden Administration’s…
The labor and employment law policies and enforcement goals of the federal government rely largely on which party’s administration occupies…
On November 28, 2016, a Texas federal district court denied a motion for an injunction to block the December 1,…
On October 12, 2016, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) agreed to further delay the enforcement of the anti-retaliation…
Last November, we alerted you (here) that, in August 2016, OSHA penalties would be increasing significantly. Those new maximum penalties…
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized new record-keeping and reporting rules that require certain employers to…
In early November, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. One item that should be of particular note…