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.
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On 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.
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On 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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On Friday, November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (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. OSHA also issued a Fact Sheet and FAQs regarding the ETS..
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published Guidance on Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. The guidance, consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recent recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals, is no longer recommending that employers take steps to protect their fully vaccinated workers who are not otherwise at risk, from COVID-19 exposure, unless required by state or local law. The new guidance, however, sets forth specific requirements for employers concerning unvaccinated or “at-risk” workers.
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Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced significant changes to its COVID-19 public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. According to the CDC, fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks or socially distance “in any setting.” The CDC did, however, include an exception for when masks and social distancing are still required by federal, state, or local laws, or by a business.
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New York has enacted legislation requiring all private and public employers to provide employees with paid time off to obtain COVID-19 vaccines. The legislation adds new sections to New York’s Labor Law (Section 196-c) and Civil Service Law (Section 159-c), and will expire on December 31, 2022.
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