EMPLOYMENT LAW

Minnesota OSHA recently adopted recordkeeping and reporting provisions left over from the withdrawn Federal emergency standard protecting workers providing healthcare or healthcare support services (“ETS”) issued on June 21, 2021.…

The CDC recently issued another update on COVID-19 testing and quarantine procedures in an attempt to “streamline” its guidance.  Employers should review this updated guidance and incorporate it into their…

As a follow-up to our prior article on Frontline Worker Pay, the DLI has confirmed that the 45-day application period will run from June 8 through July 22, 2022.  All…

On Friday, April 29, Governor Walz signed a law that establishes a $500,000,000 fund from which COVID-19 frontline workers may be eligible to receive an estimated $750 bonus.  State legislators…

Just when you’d caught up to the new (now old or refined) CDC Guidelines on isolation, exposure, and positive tests (the December 27, 2021, rules), the CDC tweaked the rules,…

As we told you, earlier today, the Supreme Court majority (6-3) held that OSHA’s vaccine-or-testing rule (“OSHA ETS Rule”), 86 Fed. Reg. 61402 (Nov. 5, 2021) likely exceeded the agency’s…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced today Emergency Regulation 2022-1, which requires individuals over two years old to mask in indoor places of public accommodation.  The Emergency Regulation is effective tomorrow,…

The rise of the highly contagious Omicron variant has caused widespread business disruptions in many industries.  With so many employees testing positive for the new variant, a type of soft…

As we previously reported, an appeals court lifted the injunction preventing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, 86 Fed.…