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Katie Busbee is an associate in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Greenville office and helps companies doing business in South Carolina with employment law and economic development matters. Katie advises employers on a wide range of human resource matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, leave, ADA and FMLA compliance, discrimination and harassment. She is experienced in representing companies in government investigations before the EEOC.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay against the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. The ETS requires covered employers to implement a COVID-19 policy that either 1) requires employees to be vaccinated
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS for Large Employers but Allows Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Workers to Proceed

On Tuesday, November 30, the Western District for Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). South Carolina joined in this lawsuit with thirteen other states (Louisiana, Montana, Arizona,
Continue Reading Mandatory Vaccines for Healthcare Workers Put on Pause