Allegheny County’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance has taken effect. The Ordinance, which was passed on September 15, 2021, requires employers with 26 or more employees (including part-time and [...]
OSHA Covid-19 Vaccination -Or- Test ETS – New Deadlines for Compliance
In Employment and Labor PostedThe newest development in the litigation over OSHA’s vaccination-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) occurred last Friday when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved [...]
Employment Alert: Employers in Allegheny County Will Soon Be Required to Provide Paid Sick Leave
In Employment and Labor PostedLast month, Allegheny County Council unanimously passed a new Ordinance requiring employers with 26 or more part-time and full-time employees to provide paid sick leave to their workers. The [...]
President Joe Biden has announced strict vaccine rules for large employers as part of the administration’s new six-part plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Labor’s Occupational [...]
OSHA Issued Updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
In Employment and Labor PostedLast Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. In the Guidance, OSHA adopted [...]
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated COVID-19 guidance for all industries outside of the healthcare sector. The new guidance differentiates between [...]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its December 16th guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. The EEOC’s new guidance seeks to clarify and reiterate some of the [...]
For the last nine months, most employers with fewer than 500 employees have been required to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and emergency family and medical leave under the [...]
The City of Pittsburgh now requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide COVID-19 related paid sick leave to certain employees who work within the City of Pittsburgh. Paid sick leave [...]
With the fall surge upon us, state and local governments are issuing new orders to curb the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Health recently issued [...]
