On January 11, 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order No. 280 reinstating the State’s State of Emergency due to COVID-19. Exercising emergency powers, on January 19, 2022, Governor Murphy issued another Executive Order, No. 283, mandating that virtually all workers in the health care industry be vaccinated and receive booster shots for COVID-19. Previously, New Jersey healthcare workers had the option to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing.
Read MoreOn January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court stayed the implementation of OSHA’s “vaccine or test” mandate for employers of 100 or more employees. As we previously posted, in November 2021 OSHA issued Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), requiring certain employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all employees or obtain weekly COVID-19 test results for unvaccinated employees.
Read MoreOn December 6, 2021, Mayor DeBlasio announced that New York City would be mandating that private employers require that their employees be vaccinated by December 27, 2021 in order to work in workplaces in the City. The City has now issued its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning this mandate.
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