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Author: Gail Farb

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training Less Burdened – For Now…

September 6, 2022 Kimbrell Hines Labor & Employment Blog

In a recent preliminary injunction comparing Florida’s First Amendment views to the “upside down” parallel dimension in the television series Stranger Things, a federal district court in Florida temporarily prevented enforcement against employers of the Information Freedom Act (“IFA”) (dubbed as The Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees…

Supreme Court Rules: OSHA Vaccine Mandate Stayed, CMS Mandate Can Proceed

January 13, 2022 Labor & Employment Blog

Today, the United States Supreme Court issued rulings on the challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) affecting certain employers with 100 or more employees and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule on vaccine mandates affecting certain healthcare entities. The…

Florida Enacts Vaccine Mandate Legislation Affecting Employers

November 19, 2021 Labor & Employment Blog

Governor DeSantis has signed into law the Florida Legislature’s bills addressing COVID vaccinations, effective November 18, 2021 through June 2023. Under the new state laws, a private employer cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccination on full-time or part-time employees or contract employees unless they allow the following exemptions: Medical reasons, including,…