President Biden is expected to sign into law the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” The law would prohibit employers from including mandatory arbitration clauses in employee handbooks, offer letters, and contracts that would
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Join Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Employment Law team for our first webinar of the new year. On January 27 from 12-1 PM, Chris Gantt-Sorenson and Perry MacLennan will address key legislative and regulatory issues that will impact employers in 2022, including:
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On Friday, December 17, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated OSHA’s vaccine mandate for private employers with at least 100 employees. On Saturday, OSHA announced that it will proceed forward with enforcement under modified timelines.

OSHA will now wait
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As of today, OSHA announced that it “has suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS [Emergency Temporary Standard] pending future developments in the litigation.” A link to the announcement can be found here. The announcement
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Please join Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Chris Gantt-Sorenson and Perry MacLennan on November 15 at 12 PM as they review the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by OSHA on November 4, 2021. They will also discuss the Fifth Circuit Court of
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President Biden recently issued an Executive Order (EO) mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain health care workers, federal employees and federal contractors. The Executive Order also mandated that private employers with 100 or more employees must either require their employees to
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a new COVID-19 Action Plan. The Plan states the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a rule (also known as temporary standard or regulation) requiring all employers with
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Chris Gantt Sorenson and Perry MacLennan recently discussed “Marijuana in the Workplace: To Test or Not to Test” on the Survive HR podcast. In the podcast, Chris, Perry, Kelly Schieb and Steve Nail debate their different opinions
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