It seems like a day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a new development in the status of federal COVID-19 regulations and the three federal vaccine mandates. Read on to find out about the expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) temporary Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), and about how the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about both the OSHA vaccination-or-testing ETS (applicable to employers with 100 or more employees) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vaccination mandate.

It seems like a day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a new development in the status of federal COVID-19 regulations and the three federal vaccine mandates. Read on to find out about the expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) temporary Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), and about how the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about both the OSHA vaccination-or-testing ETS (applicable to employers with 100 or more employees) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vaccination mandate.

Most NC counties and municipalities have received their first of two distributions of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund monies, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP/CSLFRF). Understandably, many local officials have been focused on identifying eligible projects.

Session Law 2021-191 (S.B. 473) modifies governing board members’ duty to vote and recusal procedures.

Session Law 2021-191 (S.B. 473) modifies governing board members’ duty to vote and recusal procedures.

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccination-or-testing mandate (the OSHA mandate) was scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2022, but it was blocked by a federal court. But then, on Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal appeals court lifted the block.  The OSHA mandate is now (at least for the time being) back on track. For a discussion of the OSHA mandate, see here.

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccination-or-testing mandate (the OSHA mandate) was scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2022, but it was blocked by a federal court. But then, on Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal appeals court lifted the block.  The OSHA mandate is now (at least for the time being) back on track. For a discussion of the OSHA mandate, see here.

The federal government’s COVID-19 Action Plan has three vaccination prongs:

The federal government’s COVID-19 Action Plan has three vaccination prongs:

Under the federal government’s COVID-19 Action Plan, three  separate, new vaccine mandates will affect local government employers. Of the three, one from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will have the greatest impact—if the courts let it stand. The new OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) will require employers to put a vaccine requirement in place or to test employees who are not vaccinated on a weekly basis, beginning on January 4, 2022.