On Dec. 17, a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding COVID-19 vaccination and testing.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Dec. 6 that the city will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees in the city’s private sector effective Dec. 27, 2021.
A second district court, within a day of a previously reported ruling, enjoined enforcement of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on a nationwide level.
On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination, vaccination verification, face coverings, and testing.
By order issued by New York Gov. Hochul on Sept. 30, 2021, the designation (and thus the requirements) of COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease” has been extended until Oct. 31, 2021, when they will be reviewed by the governor as to any further continuance.